Review of Iranian Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with nomenclatural notes Author Falahatpisheh, Ali Author Fallahzadeh, Majid Author Dousti, Abu Fazel Author Delvare, Gérard text Zootaxa 2018 2018-03-14 4394 2 251 269 journal article 30519 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.2.8 3f5c3a3c-815d-4676-968b-0fdec03cfd0b 1175-5326 1197710 FD24750B-FF38-41B8-834F-E191E91C6E59 Chalcis Fabricius, 1787 The genus Chalcis currently consists of over 60 known species but only 24 are valid when excluding those actually belonging to Brachymeria and the Palaearctic species for which the types could not be traced (GD, personal observation). However, only four valid species are known from the Palaearctic region. Two species, namely C. biguttata Spinola, 1808 and C. sispes L. have already been reported from Iran (Lotfalizadeh et al . 2012; Tavakoli Roodi et al . 2016).