Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species
Author
Gadallah, Neveen S.
Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt;
Author
Edmardash, Yusuf A.
Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt;
Author
Mansour, Amany N.
Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; & Plant Protection Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo Egypt
Author
Imam, Ahmed I.
Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; & Plant Protection Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo Egypt & Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt;
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-12-22
5389
5
501
544
https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5389.5.1/52536
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1
1175-5326
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45230245-48E8-4BEF-B381-4CB8FCB264C1
Binodoxys angelicae
(Haliday, 1833)
Fig. 1
(A, B)
Material examined:
1♀
, Kharga Oasis (
New Valley
) [
25°31’34.0”N
30°37’19.9”E
], May, 2022, blue pan trap in
Vicia faba
;
1♀
, same data but [
25°14’02.8”N
30°31’32.2”E
], in
Vicia faba
intercropped with
Brassica napus
.
Diagnosis
. Body predominantly brown to dark brown, with three basal antennomeres, propodeum, petiole, legs yellowish; metasoma yellowish brown; antenna with 11 antennomeres; vein 1
RS
of fore wing short, never reaching wing apex, veins
RS
+M and M+m-cu absent; pterostigma 2.3× as long as wide, distinctly longer than vein R, 1.35× as long as vein R1; petiole with distinctly separated primary and secondary tubercles, distance between them longer than distance between spiracles; hypopygium with two almost straight prongs that are slightly curved at apex; ovipositor sheath downcurved.
Distribution in the MENA:
Algeria
,
Egypt
,
Iran
,
Iraq
,
Israel
,
Lebanon
,
Morocco
,
Tunisia
,
Turkey
,
United Arab Emirates
.
Comments:
Binodoxys angelicae
is distributed in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (
Yu
et al.
2016
;
Rakhshani
et al.
2019
), occurs in almost all the North African and Middle Eastern countries. It has been recorded in association with
V. faba
in the following countries: in
Iran
recorded as a primary parasitoid of
Aphis craccivora
(
Rakhshani
et al.
2005
;
Mossadegh
et al.
2011
;
Nazari
et al.
2012
;
Barahoei
et al.
2013
), as well as
Turkey
(
Aşlan
et al.
2004
); and of
Aphis fabae
in
Algeria
(Starý
et al.
1971),
Iran
(
Talebi
et al.
2009
;
Mossadegh
et al.
2011
;
Barahoei
et al.
2012
; Modarres Awal 2012;
Nazari
et al.
2012
;
Taheri & Rakhshani 2013
),
Iraq
(
Al-Azawi 1970
), as well as
Lebanon
(
Tremblay
et al.
1985
). On the other hand, it was recorded as being a parasitoid of
A. fabae
in
Iraq
,
Lebanon
and
Turkey
by
Starý (1976)
without host plant data.
In
Egypt
, it has been recorded as a parasitoid of
A. craccivora
attacking faba beans in Mansoura Governorate (
Ragab 1996
, as
Trioxys angelicae
). It was also recorded parasitizing the grain aphid (
Sitobium avenae
(F.)) attacking wheat,
Triticum aestivum
Linnaeus (
Gadallah
et al.
2017
)
.