The family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the South of Saudi Arabia, with the first report of the genus<i>Micrapion</i>and description of<i>Leucospis arabica</i>sp. nov.

Gadallah, Neveen S.; Soliman, Ahmed M.; El-Ghiet, Usama M. Abu; Elsheikh, Tarek Y.; Dhafer, Hathal M. Al

doi:10.1080/00222933.2018.1510557

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“…All species under study were collected from Al-Baha, Asir, Jazan, and Riyadh provinces (southwestern and central regions of Saudi Arabia). Consequently, the area under study (southwestern Saudi Arabia) should be included in the Afrotropical realm (see Gadallah and Brothers 2020), and this is closely correlated with the floristic composition of this area, thus supporting many of other previous works (El-Hawagry et al 2013Sharaf et al 2014;Gadallah et al 2018;Gadallah and Brothers 2020).…”

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

Gadallah¹,

Soliman²,

Dhafer³

2020

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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.

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

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Dhafer³

2020

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“…Lotfalizadeh &Fakhrzadeh (2012) recorded four species from Iran, L. bifasciata, L. biguetina Jurine, 1807; L. dorsigera Fabricius, 1775 and L. gigas Fabricius, 1793. Most recently, some species reported from Saudi Arabia (Gadallah et al, 2018). The presence of L. bifasciata and L. dorsigera in Iraq confirms the affinity of Leucospids of Iraq with Iranian fauna.…”

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“…Based on available literatures, this species has not been reported from Iraq. But it is widely distributed in Europe, Central Asia, Middle East countries, China and Caucasus (Lotfalizadeh & Fakhrzadeh, 2012;Ye et al, 2017;Gadallah et al, 2018;Noyes, 2020).…”

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First record of Leucospis bifasciata Klug (Hymenoptera: Leucospidae) in Iraq

Kareem

Lotfalizadeh

Aljaafari

2020

J. Insect Biodivers. Syst

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A BS TRA CT . The family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) are the largest chalcidoid wasps with some distinct morphological characters. During insect collection of the Faculty of Agriculture in Karbala, Leucospis bifasciata Klug, 1814 was collected in 2019. It was collected using sweep nets. This is the first record of L. bifasciata from Iraq. Including previously recorded L. dorsigera Fabricius, Leucospidae of Iraq reaches to two species.

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“…There is some information on the vertebrates (birds : Jennings 1988;mammals: Habibi 1992;Masseti 2010;Cunningham and Wronski 2011;Wronski et al 2012; and herpetofau-na: Masseti 2014). The entomofauna knowledge of the Farasan Archipelago is relatively unknown with only published records for ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) (Sharaf and Al-Zailaie 2006), chewing lice (Phthiraptera, Menoponidae) (Alahmed et al 2015), leucospid wasps (Hymenoptera, Leucospidae) (Gadallah et al 2018), blow flies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) (Dawah et al 2019), and for cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) (Strumia and Dawah 2019). Additional entomological studies are needed to document insect diversity, composition, and especially for needed conservation assessments for these islands.…”

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The first survey of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the Farasan Archipelago of the southern Red Sea, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abdel-Dayem¹,

El-Ghiet²,

El-Sheikh³

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The Farasan Archipelago is a group of small coral islands and islets in the southern Red Sea, offshore of the southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). These islands are internationally important as breeding sites for turtles and bird species and regionally for its threatened, rare, and endemic flora and other fauna. The beetles (Coleoptera) of the Archipelago have not been previously surveyed. This study presents the first data on the beetle fauna based on a recent survey of the Farasan Archipelago. In total, 179 beetle species (including three synanthropic species) in 145 genera and 31 coleopteran families were determined. The Carabidae are represented by 31 species, followed by the Tenebrionidae (22 species), Chrysomelidae (17 species), Scarabaeidae (13 species), and Coccinellidae (12 species). The genus Lasiocera Dejean, 1831 and the species Amblystomus villiersanus Bruneau de Miré, 1991 (Carabidae) are new for the beetle fauna of the Arabian Peninsula, and eighteen species are new country records for KSA. Sand dune habitats on the islands were inhabited by the greatest number of species in comparison with other habitats. Zoogeographically, the beetle fauna of the Archipelago was dominated by the representatives of the Saharo-Arabian and Afrotropical elements (74 spp., 41.0%). Fourteen species (7.8%) were recognized as cosmopolitan and subcosmopolitan. No species was known to be exclusively endemic to Farasan Archipelago. Eighteen species (10.1%) were endemic to Arabian Peninsula and KSA. Approximately 64.8% (116 spp.) of the archipelago beetle species is found on the KSA mainland and is most closely allied to the south and southwestern KSA regions (sharing 91 spp.). Comparisons of the beetle faunas of the Farasan and Socotra archipelagos indicate that 30 families, 70 genera, and 28 species are shared.

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The family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the South of Saudi Arabia, with the first report of the genusMicrapionand description ofLeucospis arabicasp. nov.

Cited by 5 publications

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

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

First record of Leucospis bifasciata Klug (Hymenoptera: Leucospidae) in Iraq

The first survey of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the Farasan Archipelago of the southern Red Sea, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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