Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics (Sep 2020)

First record of Leucospis bifasciata Klug (Hymenoptera: Leucospidae) in Iraq

  • Ali A. Kareem,
  • Hossein Lotfalizadeh,
  • Raad K. Aljaafari

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 223 – 228

Abstract

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The family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) are the largest chalcidoid wasps with some distinct morphological characters. During insect collection of the Faculty of Agriculture in Karbala, Leucospis bifasciata Klug, 1814 was collected in 2019. It was collected using sweep nets. This is the first record of L. bifasciata from Iraq. Including previously recorded L. dorsigera Fabricius, Leucospidae of Iraq reaches to two species.

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