THREE NEW SPECIES OF PTEROMALIDAE (HYMENOPTERA : CHALCIDOIDEA) FROM MIDDLE-EAST
T.C. NARENDRAN *
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT, CALICUT-673 635, INDIA
P. GIRISH KUMAR *
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT, CALICUT-673 635, INDIA
M. SHEEBA *
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT, CALICUT-673 635, INDIA
LAMBERT KISHORE *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, MALABAR CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, KOZHIKODE-673 001, INDIA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Three new species of Pteromalidae viz. Eumacepollus yemensis Narendran sp. nov. Merisomorpha gara Narendran sp. nov. and Hemitrichus longigaster Narendran sp. nov. are described from Yemen. The genera Eumacepolus, Merisomorpha and Hemitrichus are recorded for the first time from Middle-east. Each new species is compared with related species.
Keywords: Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae, Eumacepolus, Merisomorpha, Hemitrichus, new species, Yemen