A review of the family Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Egypt, <br />with thirty three new records

Abstract

A checklist of Eulophidae (excluding Entiinae) is presented based primarily on a total of 155 specimens collected from 23 localities in Egypt during the period of April 2012 to June 2014, mostly by sweep net. Altogether, 55 species in 22 genera and 3 subfamilies (Entedoninae, Eulophinae and Tetrastichinae) are recorded, of which 6 genera (Dicladocerus Westwood, Euplectrus Westwood, Entedon Dalman, Neotrichoporoides Girault, Sigmophora Rondani and Sympiesis Förster) and 33 species (60%) are newly reported for Egypt. The valid name and world distribution of each species are given; local distributions and host records for species previously recorded from Egypt are also given. Most of the species have a distribution characterized as Palaearctic, Afrotropical, or Indo-Malayan. About 4% are cosmopolitan in distribution.

Identification, Microhabitat, and Ecological Niche Prediction of Two Promising Native Parasitoids of Tuta absoluta in Kenya

“…Three species of the genus Stenomesius have been reported in the Afrotropical region, namely Stenomesius elegantulus (Risbec) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Cameroon and Senegal and S. japonicus in the Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Indo-Malaya, and Australian regions [ 63 , 64 ] while S tenomesius rufescens (Retzius) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) was described for the first time in Africa, in Egypt [ 64 ], and this species is supposed to be distributed Nearctic and Palaearctic regions. However, the species has been identified in Kenya [ 65 ].…”

New contributions to the Eulophidae fauna from Morocco (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with comparison in the North African region

“…The comparison of Moroccan Eulophids with those of the Maghreb countries reveals that Morocco has a relatively rich diversity of this family (59 species is 33 %), almost equitable to Egypt (55 species or 32 %). Egyptian wildlife has been enriched with 15 species thanks to the work of Gadallah et al (2015). Paradoxically, in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania, the number of species mentioned is respectively 33 (19 %), 16 (9 %) [knowing that Leptocybe invasa is not catalogued ], 9 (5 %) and 3 (2 %) species.…”

New contributions to the Eulophidae fauna from Morocco (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with comparison in the North African region

“…The comparison of Moroccan Eulophids with those of the Maghreb countries reveals that Morocco has a relatively rich diversity of this family (59 species is 33 %), almost equitable to Egypt (55 species or 32 %). Egyptian wildlife has been enriched with 15 species thanks to the work of Gadallah et al (2015). Paradoxically, in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania, the number of species mentioned is respectively 33 (19 %), 16 (9 %) [knowing that Leptocybe invasa is not catalogued (Dhahri et al, 2010)], 9 (5 %) and 3 (2 %) species.…”