First Record ofBrachymeria podagrica(Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) in Bisha City, Asir Region, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Chalcid Brachymeria podagrica (Fabricius), formerly known as Brachymeria fonscolombei (Dufour), is a parasitoid wasp that infests dipteran larvae of fly, Sarcophaga dux (Thomson), (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) recovered from the dead body of sheep in Bisha City, Asir region–Saudi Arabia. S. dux larvae were infested by B. podagrica. The first instar larvae and pupae of B. podagrica were found inside the larvae and pupae of S. dux. The adults of the parasitic wasp emerged from the pupae of the host. Adults and larvae of the parasitoid wasp were observed under a dissecting microscope. Identification was made by following the identification keys. It was confirmed that it was B. podagrica, which is herewith reported for the first time in Saudi Arabia.

First Record of Two Parasitoid Wasps of the Family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera) in Iraq

“…Brachymeria podagrica was known from Iran (Rajabi et al, 2011) and was recently informed from Saudi Arabia (Abd Al Galil et al, 2022). Chalcis myrifex was not reported from the Middle East and this is the first finding of the species in this area (Lotfalizadeh et al, 2012;Falahatpisheh et al, 2018).…”

Additional distributional data of the genera Brachymeria Westwood and Monodontomerus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), with two new records from Greece

“…Distribution. Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Egypt, France, Germany, Greece (New record), Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Sicily, Jamaica, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Philippines, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States of America, Vietnam, Zambia (Noyes, 2019;Rajabi et al, 2011;Ramirez-Mora & Durango-Manrique, 2021;Abd Al Galil et al, 2022;Kareem et al, 2022). Systematics 2023  9 (4) Brachymeria rugulosa (Forster, 1859) (Fig.…”