First records of the families Metapelmatidae and Neanastatidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) in Saudi Arabia

By

Usman, Syeda
Khan, Farmanur Rahman
Ahmad, Syed
Alhewairini, Saleh
Anwar, Prince

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-4-30

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

564--569

Subjects

Biodiversity , Ecosystem service , Metapelma , Neanastatus , new records , parasititoids

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.564

 

Abstract

The families Metapelmatidae and Neanastatidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) are recorded for the first time from Saudi Arabia based on the presence of Metapelma mirabile Brues, 1906 and Neanastatus africanus Ferrière, 1938, respectively.