Parasitoids complex of Asphondylia conglomerata De STEFANI (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on the Mediterranean Saltbush, Atriplex halimus L. (Chenopodiaceae) in Egypt, with descriptions of new species from Eulophidae and Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) Author Do, M. Author A. K text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2013 2013-12-20 45 2 1799 1811 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5346157 0253-116X 5346157 Torymus phillyreae RUSCHKA ( Fig. 7 a-e) Torymus phillyreae RUSCHKA 1921: 340-341 . Lectotype female, (NHMW), designated by GRAHAM & GIJSWIJT (1998). The synonym list host list were given by GRAHAM & GIJSWIJT (1998). D i s t r i b u t i o n. France , Great Britain , Ireland , Netherlands , Sweden ( GRAHAM & GIJSWIJT 1998). D i a g n o s i s. Body ( Fig. 7 a ) with ovipositor sheaths as long as metasoma plus half of mesosoma; index 2.0. Head with OOL 1.27 OD; POL 1.8 times OOL. Malar space 0.4 length of eye. Mouth 1.5 malar space. Antenna ( Fig. 7 e ) with anellus slightly broader than long. Scutellum ( Fig. 7 b ) finely reticulated; propodeum ( Fig. 7 c ) finely longitudinally striated; Hind coxa 1.8 times as long as broad, with many setae dorsally in basal half. Forewing ( Fig. 7 d ) with basal cell, on upper surface of forewing, with a row of setae below SM; spurs of hind tibia not so very unequal, the shorter spur 0.8 the length of the longer spur; tip of hypopygium extending ¼ along gaster. S t u d i e d m a t e r i a l s: 10 females , Egypt : Alexandria , Alameria District, 30°59'54"N , 29°49'70"E, 09.iii. 2013 , emerged from galls of Asphondylia conglomerata on Atriplex halimus , leg. Ayman Kh. Elsayed, Cat. No:005-04 (MKUI). Fig. 7 : Torymus phillyreae RUSCHKA. Female: ( a ) body, in lateral view; ( b ) head and part of mesosoma; ( c ) antenna; ( d ) forewing; ( e ) metasoma. B i o l o g y. It may be a hyperparasitoid or parasitoid on Asphondylia conglomerata on Atriplex halimus and has low level of parasitism during the period from January to April. D i s t r i b u t i o n. Egypt , Alexandria .