scholarly journals The genus Phasgonophora Westwood, 1832 (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) in Saudi Arabia: re-evaluation of its limits and description of three new species

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 1-38
Author(s):  
Muhammad Athar Gul ◽  
Ahmed Mostafa Soliman ◽  
Neveen Samy Gadallah ◽  
Hathal Mohammed Al Dhafer ◽  
Gérard Delvare
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Dodonaea Viscosa ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

A phylogenetic study based on 25 species of Phasgonophorinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) and 36 characters was carried out for ensuring the generic placement of three new species from Saudi Arabia. As a result of this study, the genera Trigonura Sichel, 1866, Bactrochalcis Kieffer, 1912, Centrochalcis Cameron, 1913, Centrochalcidia Gahan & Fagan, 1923, Chalcidellia Girault, 1924, Urochalcis Nikol’skaya, 1952, Trigonurella Bouček, 1988, and Muhabbetella Koçak & Kemal, 2008 are synonymized with Phasgonophora Westwood, 1832. This genus is recorded in Saudi Arabia for the first time, represented here by P. rubens (Klug), and newly described species P. baiocchii Soliman & Gul, sp. nov., P. granulis Delvare, sp. nov., and P. magnanii Gadallah & Gul, sp. nov. An illustrated key to species of the Arabian Peninsula is provided. The relevant specimens were mostly reared from buprestid species infesting Acacia sp. and Dodonaea viscosa in Al-Baha, Asir and Riyadh regions, Saudi Arabia.

First record of the genus Eucremastus Szépligeti, 1905 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) from the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4216 (4) ◽  
pp. 339 ◽  
Author(s):  
NEVEEN S. GADALLAH ◽  
AHMED M. SOLIMAN ◽  
HATHAL M. AL DHAFER
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

The genus Eucremastus Szépligeti, 1905 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) is recorded for the first time for the Arabian Peninsula from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The present study is based on specimens collected from Al-Khararah, Rawdhat Al-Harmalyiah, Rawdhat Al-Sabalh, Rawdhat Farshet Sheaal and Wadi Ghaihab (Riyadh region, Central of Saudi Arabia). Three new species, E. arabicus Gadallah & Soliman, E. flavus Gadallah & Soliman and E. rufoantennalis Gadallah & Soliman are described and illustrated. An illustrated key to species is also provided. 

scholarly journals First record of the subfamily Epitraninae from Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Chalcididae), with the description of three new species

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 979 ◽  
pp. 35-86
Author(s):  
Neveen S. Gadallah ◽  
Ahmed M. Soliman ◽  
Hathal M. Al Dhafer
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

The monotypic subfamily Epitraninae Burks, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Chalcididae) is reported for the first time in Saudi Arabia. Seven Epitranus species are recorded in the Southwestern and Central regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, of which three species are new: E. delvarei Soliman & Gadallah, sp. nov. (female & male), E. similis Gadallah & Soliman, sp. nov. (male), and E. subinops Soliman & Gadallah, sp. nov. (female), are described and illustrated. Four new records, E. clavatus (Fabricius), E. hamoni complex, E. inops Steffan, and E. torymoides (Risbec), are also reported. An illustrated key to species is provided.

New species of Cerambycinae and Lamiinae from Ecuador and Honduras, with transference of a species of Rhinotragini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4748 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-470
Author(s):  
JOSEF VLASAK ◽  
ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

Three new species are described from Ecuador: Scythropopsis granitica (Lamiinae, Acanthoderini); Apeba danielvlasaki (Lamiinae, Hemilophini); and Giesberteclipta unicolor (Cerambycinae, Rhinotragini). Two new species are described from Honduras: Anelaphus rotundus (Cerambycinae, Elaphidiini); and Euderces hefferni (Cerambycinae, Tillomorphini). A key to species of Apeba Martins & Galileo, 1991, and Giesberteclipta Santos-Silva et al., 2012 are provided. Euderces hefferni sp. nov. is included in a previous key. Rashelapso morrisoni Bezark & Santos-Silva, 2016 is transferred to Giesberteclipta. The holotype of Anelaphus subinermis Linsley, 1957 is illustrated for the first time. 

scholarly journals First contribution to the doryctine fauna (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) of Farasan Archipelago, Saudi Arabia, with new records and the description of a new species

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 977 ◽  
pp. 41-74
Author(s):  
Yusuf A. Edmardash ◽  
Usama M. Abu El-Ghiet ◽  
Ahmed M. Soliman ◽  
Zarrag I. A. Al-Fifi ◽  
Neveen S. Gadallah
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
New Records ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

The doryctine wasp species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Farasan Archipelago (Saudi Arabia) are studied here for the first time. Six species are reported, of which Mimodoryctes arabicus Edmardash, Gadallah & Soliman is described and illustrated as a new species. Neoheterospilus sp. is most probably a new species but further collecting should be done to obtain the female. Four species are new records for Saudi Arabia as well as for the whole Arabian Peninsula: Dendrosotinus ferrugineus (Marshall, 1888), Hecabalodes anthaxiae Wilkinson, 1929, Mimodoryctes proprius Belokobylskij, 2001, and Rhaconotus (Rhaconotus) carinatus Polaszek, 1994. The newly recorded species are re-described and illustrated.

scholarly journals Three new species of the genus Centistidea Rohwer, 1914 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae) from India and Saudi Arabia

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 889 ◽  
pp. 37-47
Author(s):  
Hamed A. Ghramh ◽  
Zubair Ahmad ◽  
Kavita Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Malaise Trap ◽  
Parasitoid Species ◽  
Host Plant Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

Centistidea acrocercopsi Ahmad & Pandey, sp. nov., C. cosmopteryxi Ahmad & Pandey, sp. nov., and C. tihamica Ghramh & Ahmad, sp. nov. are described as new to science. The genus Centistidea Rohwer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Miracinae) is recorded for the first time from Saudi Arabia. Two species were reared from Acrocercops phaeospora Meyrick and Cosmopteryx phaeogastra (Meyrick) in India, while Centistidea tihamica was collected by Malaise trap in Saudi Arabia. Characters of these new species and their affinities with related taxa are discussed. Data on habitat, host records, and host plant species for all the parasitoid species are also provided.

scholarly journals First record of the genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae, Ooderini) from the Arabian Peninsula, with the description of four new species

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 874 ◽  
pp. 47-68
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Soliman ◽  
Neveen S. Gadallah ◽  
Hathal M. Al Dhafer
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Time

The genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae) is recorded for the first time for the Arabian Peninsula, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman. The present study is based on specimens reared from xylophagous beetle larvae of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera) infesting dead Acacia trees from Al-Dakhiliyah and Dhofar governorates in Oman and Al-Baha, Asir and Riyadh regions in Saudi Arabia. Four new species, Oodera arabicasp. nov., O. omanensissp. nov., O. rapuzziisp. nov., and O. similissp. nov. are described, illustrated and compared with closely related Oodera species. An illustrated key and the xylophagous host records of the species are also provided.

The hymenopterous parasitoids of eucalypt longicorn beetles, Phoracantha spp. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Australia

1994 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. D. Austin ◽  
D. L. J. Quicke ◽  
P. M. Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
New Species ◽  
Egg Parasitoid ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Exotic Pest ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

AbstractThe systematics of the hymenopterous parasitoids associated with Phoracantha spp. in Australia are reviewed. An illustrated key to species is presented to facilitate their identification as part of ongoing attempts for the biological control of P. semipunctata (Fabricius), an exotic pest on eucalypt trees. Information on the taxonomy, distribution and biology of 18 species of primary and hyperparasitoids associated with Phoracantha spp. are presented. A new braconid genus, Jarra, is described to accommodate three new species, J. phoracantha, J. maculipennis and J. bicolor, and Doryctes diadoxi Nixon (Doryctinae), the latter associated with a buprestid host. Two other new species, Heterospilus nukunu (Doryctinae) and Callibracon moorei (Braconinae) are also described; Iphiaulax morleyi Froggatt is synonymized with Atanycolus tomentosus Szépligeti and I. rubriceps Froggatt is synonymized with Syngaster lepidus Brullé lectotypes are designated for I. morleyi, I. rubriceps and I. phoracanthae Froggatt; and Ipobracon fleviceps flaviceps (Cameron) and I. flaviceps mackayensis Turner are transferred to Callibracon. The encyrtid genus Aventianella is recorded from Australia for the first time and the egg parasitoid of P. semipunctata, A. longoi Siscaro described from Italy, is postulated to be endemic to Australia.

scholarly journals First record of the genus Raunolina (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Caliscelidae) from tropical Africa with description of two new species from Sudan and Saudi Arabia

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir M. Gnezdilov
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Global Distribution ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Abstract Raunolina Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2006 erected as a subgenus of Perissana Metcalf, 1952 is upgraded to generic level. Raunolina remanei sp. nov. is described from northeastern Sudan, which is the first record of the genus and the tribe Adenissini Dlabola, 1980 from tropical Africa, and R. jeddahica sp. nov. is described from western Saudi Arabia. Two new combinations are provided: Raunolina circularis (Linnavuori, 1952), comb. nov. and Raunolina arabica (Gnezdilov & Wilson, 2006), comb. nov.; R. arabica is recorded for the first time from Yemen. A key to separate the genera Perissana and Raunolina as well as a key to species of Raunolina are given. The global distribution of Adenissini is discussed.

Review of the Patrus landaisi species group from Thailand with description of three new species (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4991 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-591
Author(s):  
BENJAMART SUKSAI ◽  
GREY T. GUSTAFSON ◽  
ROBERT W. SITES ◽  
NARUMON SANGPRADUB
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

A survey of the whirligig beetles of the genus Patrus Aubé, 1838 occurring in Thailand belonging to the newly designated Patrus landaisi species group is presented. Three new species are described and illustrated: P. garuda sp. nov., P. nanensis sp. nov. and P. phetchabunensis sp. nov.; with P. apicalis (Régimbart, 1891), P. landaisi (Régimbart, 1892), and P. subapicalis (Ochs, 1930) stat. nov. being recorded for the first time in Thailand. Morphological and molecular analyses, together in an integrative approach, support the elevation of P. subapicalis to species status, instead of being a subspecies of P. apicalis. A diagnosis, illustrations of habitus and diagnostic characters, distribution maps, habitat images and a key to species are provided for all known members of the P. landaisi species group that occur in Thailand. A checklist of species in the group is also given.  

New resin bee species in the genus Mielkeanthidium Urban (Hymenoptera, Megachilinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3139 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
DANIELE R. PARIZOTTO ◽  
DANÚNCIA URBAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

Three new species of Mielkeanthidium are described and illustrated: M. albertinoi sp. nov., M. dissimile sp. nov. and M. tucumanum sp. nov. Generic characters are discussed and a key to species of the genus is provided. Mielkeanthidium is reported for the first time from Argentina (Tucumán).

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