The family Mymaridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – II: new records, and description of a new species of Erythmelus Enock

Abstract

View on Scopus Three genera are recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia: Alaptus Westwood, Anagrus Haliday, and Polynema Haliday. A new species, Erythmelus (Erythmelus) irba sp. nov. Zeya & Anwar & Ahmad is described. Four known species are recorded for the first time: Erythmelus (E.) flavovarius (Walker), Erythmelus (Parallelaptera) rex (Girault), Polynema (Polynema) brevicarinae Annecke & Doutt and Stephanodes reduvioli (Perkins).

Keywords

• fairy fly
• egg parasitoids
• new species
• new records
• ksa