Saltbush-associated Asphondylia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in the Mediterranean Basin and their chalcidoid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) Author Dorchin, Netta Department of Zoology and Zoological Museum, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978 Israel. E-mail: ndorchin @ post. tau. ac. il Institute of Earth Systems, Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta. Author Mifsud, David Author Askew, Richard 5 Beeston Hall Mews, Brook Lane, Beeston, Tarporley, Cheshire, CW 6 9 TZ, UK. E-mail: olynx @ btinternet. com text Zootaxa 2014 2014-10-02 3869 4 383 396 journal article 5325 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.4.3 1c47f462-90bf-4b94-ba14-6ac0f08050fc 1175-5326 4947313 3C5EC936-DD36-4CE7-9B4C-452FA7BBE519 Neochrysocharis violaceus Askew, 1999 (Eulophidae) Neochrysocharis violaceus was described from specimens reared from galls of Asphondylia conglomerata De Stefani (Cecidomyiidae) on Atriplex halimus collected in the Canary Islands by U. Sellenschlo ( Báez & Askew 1999 ). Subseqently, several specimens were captured in Los Monegros, Spain , one of which was reared from a gall of Stefaniola salsolae (Tavares) (Cecidomyiidae) on Salsola vermiculata ( Askew et al. 2001 ) , and M. Boness reared N. violaceus from galls of the following Cecidomyiidae : 29♂ 81♀ ex unidentified species in flowers of Halimione portulacoides ( Portugal ) ; 2♀ ex Asphondylia verbasci on Verbascum sinuatum ( Portugal ) (new host record); 2♀ ex Lasioptera eryngii (Vallot) on Eryngium maritimum ( Menorca ) (new host record). Material examined . 2♂ 5♀ , Malta , Migra Ferħa , 5–25.v.2012 , D. Mifsud, emerged 5– 20.6.2012 from galls of Asphondylia scopuli ; 5♀ , same data, emerged 24–30.vi.2012 . The finding of N. violaceus in Malta represents a considerable eastwards extension of its hitherto known range.