Iranian Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea): diversity, distribution and host association

An annotated list of Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) for all species recorded from the territory of Iran during more than a hundred years (1901–2016) of research is given. A checklist of 780 species in 141 genera belonging to 26 subfamilies of Braconidae known from Iran is listed, among them 34 species are exclusive for the Iranian insect fauna. Host and distributional data in Iran are also provided.