Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea inhabiting galls of Cynipidae in Jordan
Rizzo,M.C.; Askew,R.R.
Entomologica Fennica: 4, 218-227
2008
Accession: 031753338
Twenty-three species of Chalcidoidea (5 Eurytomidae, 4 Torymidae, 2 Ormyridae, 5 Pteromalidae and 7 Eulophidae) are recorded as regular members of the parasitoid fauna inhabiting galls of Cynipidae in Jordan. The occurrence of three additional species, probably only facultatively associated with cynipid galls, is noted. Twenty-two out of the total 26 species were previously unrecorded in the country, while 13 of them are also new for the entire Middle East.