New data on the pteromalid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) of the fauna of Turkey

Abstract

The сhalcid wasps from the family Pteromalidae (Chalcidoidea) were studied in three Turkish provinces: Nevşehir, Muğla and Antalya. In total, 28 species from 18 genera were collected. The subfamily Trigonoderinae (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), four genera (Plutothrix Förster, 1856, Stenoselma Delucchi, 1956, Trigonoderus Westwood, 1832, and Trychnosoma Graham, 1957) and 11 species are recorded for Turkey for the first time: Anisopteromalus apiovorus Rasplus, 1988, A. quinarius Gokhman et Baur, 2014, Cyrtoptyx gallicola Dzhanokmen, 1976, Homoporus gibbiscuta (Thomson, 1878), H. nypsius (Walker, 1839), Plutothrix coelius (Walker, 1839), Pteromalus speculifer Graham, 1981, P. temporalis (Graham, 1969), Stenoselma nigrum Delucchi, 1956, Trigonoderus cyanescens (Förster, 1841), and Trychnosoma punctipleura (Thomson, 1878). According to our study and previously published data the pteromalid fauna of Turkey comprises currently 176 species belonging to 59 genera of five subfamilies.

Keywords

• chalcidoidea
• pteromalidae
• parasitoids
• new records
• annotated list
• turkey