Revision of Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from the Middle East Author Moghaddam, Mostafa Ghafouri Author Mohebban, Shahla 0000-0002-2999-9298 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, P. O. Box 98615 - 538, Iran. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2999 - 9298; Shahla. moheban @ yahoo. com Author Olmi, Massimo 0000-0001-5953-5075 Tropical Entomology Research Center, Via De Gasperi 10, I- 01100 Viterbo, Italy. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5953 - 5075; olmimassimo @ gmail. com Author Rahmani, Zahra 0000-0003-1028-3211 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, P. O. Box 98615 - 538, Iran. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1028 - 3211; zrahmani 017 @ gmail. com Author Rakhshani, Ehsan 0000-0001-5199-762X Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, P. O. Box 98615 - 538, Iran. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5199 - 762 X; erakhshani @ gmail. com Author Arias-Penna, Diana Carolina 0000-0002-9601-3038 Unaffiliated Entomologist, Bogotá D. C., Cundinamarca, Colombia. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9601 - 3038; cdianaa @ gmail. com Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P. O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia. Unit of Bee Research and Honey Production, King Khalid University, P. O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia. Author Ahmad, Zubair 0000-0002-5286-026X Biology Department, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, King Khalid University, Dhahran Al Janoub, Saudi Arabia. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5286 - 026 X; dzubair @ gmail. com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-05-18 5138 3 305 323 journal article 55476 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.3.5 30d5bba5-d39a-41d5-a1e2-2b7a46a46c36 1175-5326 6559806 D8B5D769-AF69-4EE6-8DE1-9D676292BE07 Genus Embolemus Westwood, 1833 Type species. Embolemus ruddii Westwood, 1833 : holotype , male— Yorkshire , England , UK , OUMNH, ( Figs 3A– 3K ). Type material examined. HOLOTYPE , ♂ : UNITED KINGDOM , England , Yorkshire , Rev. (Reverend) G. T . Rudd (George Thomas Rudd) coll., des. H. Hilpert 1987, Embolemus ruddii Phil. Mag., W. Rudd, OUMNH. Diagnosis (Male). Antenna filiform, first antennomere shorter or slightly longer than third antennomere ( Fig. 3A ); head swollen in dorsal view ( Fig. 3F ); face with two convergent longitudinal and median sutures from clypeus to antennal toruli; ocelli distinct ( Fig. 3C ); labial 2 or 3-palpomeres ( Fig. 3C ); maxillary 4 or 6-palpomeres, third maxillary palpomere broadened ( Fig. 3C ); macropterous, fore wing usually with Costal (C), Radial (R), first cubital (1Cu), and first medial (1M) cells enclosed by pigmented veins, second cubital (2Cu) cell almost always open, first medial (1M) cell occasionally open ( Fig. 3B ); tibial spurs formula 1/2/2 ( Fig. 3A ). Distribution. Worldwide, except Antarctica ( Olmi 1996 , 1997 ; Chény et al. 2020 ). World species. 39 species ( Perkovsky et al. 2020 ; Olmi et al. 2020 ). Host . Parasitoids of nymphs of Cixiidae ( Hemiptera : Auchenorrhyncha, Fulgoromorpha) living in the soil and feeding on roots ( Olmi et al. 2014 ). Type species status. Type specimen is glued to the triangular card on its ventral side and in good condition. Left antennomeres with the last four missing.