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

Neveen S Gadallah; Yusuf A Edmardash; Hathal M Al Dhafer; Magdi S El-Hawagry

doi:10.3897/zookeys.462.8437

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

Zookeys. 2014 Dec 10:(462):115-23. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.462.8437. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Neveen S Gadallah¹, Yusuf A Edmardash¹, Hathal M Al Dhafer², Magdi S El-Hawagry¹

Affiliations

¹ Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt.
² Museum of Arthropods (KSMA), Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The family Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is recorded for the first time for the fauna of Saudi Arabia based on Hydrorhoacaffra (Westwood) and Eucharis (Psilogastrellus) affinis Bouček. The record of Hydrorhoacaffra 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 Eucharisaffinis Bouček is described and figured. Macrophotographs of the species are provided.

Keywords: Asir province; Baha City; Eucharis; Eucharitidae; Hydrorhoa; Saudi Arabia; new records.