Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), a family new to the fauna of Saudi Arabia, with the description of the previously unknown male of Eucharis (Psilogastrellus) affinis Bouček

By

Gadallah, Neveen
Edmardash, Yusuf
Al Dhafer, Hathal
El-Hawagry, Magdi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

462

Pages

115-123

Subjects

Asir Province , Baha City , Eucharis , Eucharitidae , Hydrorhoa , new records , Saudi Arabia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.462.8437

 

Abstract

The family Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is recorded for the first time for the fauna of Saudi Arabia based on Hydrorhoa caffra (Westwood) and Eucharis (Psilogastrellus) affinis Bouček. The record of H. caffra suggests that Al-Baha and Asir provinces should be considered as part of the Afrotropical rather than the Palaearctic region. The previously unknown male of E. affinis Bouček is described and figured. Macrophotographs of the species are provided.