Abbas Amiri - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Ali Asghar Talebi - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Matthias Riedel - Klinik Fallingbostel, Kolkweg ۱ D-۲۹۶۸۳, Bad Fallingbostel, Germany, mamaflo.riedel@t-online.de.
Ehsan Rakhshani - Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.
Hamidreza Hajiqanbar - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

The subfamily Metopiinae was taxonomically studied in Fars and Hormozgan provinces during ۲۰۱۱–۲۰۱۳. The specimens were collected by using Malaise traps and sweep net. Five species were collected and identified, of which three species are recorded for the first time from Iran: Colpotrochia cincta (Scopoli, ۱۷۶۳), Exochus suborbitalis Schmiedeknecht, ۱۹۲۴, and Metopius (Peltocarus) turcestanicus Clement, ۱۹۳۰. An identification key to the species and an updating checklist of Metopiinae of Iran, as well as zoogeographical notes are provided.

Fars, Hormozgan, Metopiinae, taxonomy