Ehsan Rakhshani

Ehsan Rakhshani, Iranian entomologist

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Nazari, Y., Zamani, A.A., Masoumi, S.M., , Petrović-Obradović, O., Tomanović, S., Starý, P., Tomanović, Ž. 2012. Diversity and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the farmlands of western Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(2): 559–584. PDF Reference page.
, Barahoei, H., Ahmed, Z., Tomanović, Ž., Janković, M., Petrović, A., Bodlah, I. & Starý, P. 2012. New species and additional evidence of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from India. Zootaxa 3397: 45–54. Preview Reference page.

Ferrer-Suay, M., Selfa, J., Tomanović, Ž., Janković, M., Kos, K., & Pujade-Villar, J. 2013a: Revision of Alloxysta from the north-western Balkan Peninsula with description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53(1): 347–368. PDF Reference page.

Ameri, A., Talebi, A.A., , Beyarslan, A. & Kamali, K. 2014. A survey of Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of southern Iran, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3900(3): 415–428. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.3.5 ResearchGate Reference page.
Farahani, S., Talebi, A.A., van Achterberg, C. & 2014: A taxonomic study of Orgilinae and Microtypinae from Iran (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Spixiana, 37(1): 93–102. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Peris-Felipo, F.J., Rahmani, Z., Belokobylskij, S.A. & 2014. Genus Indiopius Fischer, 1966 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) in Iran with a key to the world species. ZooKeys 368: 37–44. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.368.6658 Reference page.

Farahani, S., Talebi, A.A., van Achterberg, C. & 2015. A review of the subfamily Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 3973(1): 227–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.1.2 Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Izadizadeh, M., Talebi, A.A., van Achterberg, C. & 2015. First record of the family Heloridae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Iran, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3946(4): 577–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.6 Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Derafshan, H.A., & Olmi, M. 2016. A review of the genus Dryinus Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Dryinidae) from Iran, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4117(3): 411–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.3.8. Reference page.
Peris-Felipo, F.J., Yari, Z., van Achterberg, C., & Belokobylski, S.A. 2016. Review of species of the genus Adelurola Strand, 1928, with a key to species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). ZooKeys 566: 13–30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.566.6684.Reference page.
Peris-Felipo, F.J., Yari, Z., & Belokobylskij, S.A. 2016. Aspilota isfahanensis, a new species of the genus Aspilota Foerster, 1863 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). ZooKeys 582: 121–127. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.582.7426. Reference page.

Jahantigh, F., , Mokhtari, A. & Ramroodi, S. 2017. Catalogue of Ampulicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae of Iran (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). Zootaxa 4307(1): 1–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4307.1.1. Reference page.
Motamedinia, B., Kehlmaier, C., Mokhtari, A., & Gilasian, E. 2017. Discovery of the genus Claraeola Aczél in Iran with the description of two new species (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Zootaxa 4227(4): 563–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.6. Reference page.
Motamedinia, B., Kehlmaier, C., Mokhtari, A., & Gilasian, E. 2017. Erratum: BEHNAM MOTAMEDINIA, CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER, AZIZOLLAH MOKHTARI, EHSAN RAKHSHANI & EBRAHIM GILASIAN (2017) Discovery of the genus Claraeola Aczél in Iran with the description of two new species (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Zootaxa, 4227 (4): 563–572. Zootaxa 4244(4): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.11. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Enayatnia, M., , Kroupa, A.S. & Schmid-Egger, C. 2018. Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran. Zootaxa 4394(4): 451–489. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1 Reference page.
Moghaddam, M.G., , van Achterberg, C. & Mokhtari, A. 2018. A study of the Iranian species of Choeras Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4446(4): 455–476. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.4.3 Reference page.
Peris-Felipo, F.J., Belokobylskij, S.A., Derafshan, H.A. & 2018. Revision of the genus Hoplocrotaphus Telenga, 1950 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 62: 55–72. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.62.21858 Reference page.
Sscmid-Egger, C., Enayatnina, M. & 2018. Review of the genus Microcurgus Haupt, 1950 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) with description of a new species from Iran. Zootaxa 4444(5): 530–536. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.5.2 Reference page.

Moghaddam, M.G., , van Achterberg, C. & Mokhtari, A. 2019. A taxonomic review of the genus Diolcogaster Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) in Iran, distribution and morphological variability. Zootaxa 4590(1): 94–124. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.4 Reference page.

Derafshan, H.A., Olmi, M. & 2020. Taxonomy of Iranian Gonatopodinae (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4789(2): 371–402. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.2.3 Reference page.
Heydari, M.Z., , Rousse, P., Mokhtari, A. & Schwarz, M. 2020. A new species of Pristomerus Curtis, 1836 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae) and key to the known species in Iran. Zootaxa 4809(1): 187–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4809.1.12 Reference page.

Barahoei, H., Mirshamsi, O., Amiri, M., Moeinadini, A. & 2025. Integrative taxonomy reveals the existence of a new species of fat-tailed scorpions, Androctonus (Buthidae), in Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 49(2): 48–74. DOI: 10.55730/1300-0179.3213 ResearcGate Reference page.