Check List 20(2): 564-569, doi: 10.15560/20.2.564

First records of the families Metapelmatidae and Neanastatidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) in Saudi Arabia

Syeda Uzma Usman^‡, Farmanur Rahman Khan^§, Syed Kamran Ahmad^|, Saleh Sulaiman Alhewairini^§, Prince Tarique Anwar^¶

‡ Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, Rampur, India§ Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia| Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India¶ Aligarh College of Education, Aligarh, India

Corresponding author: Farmanur Rahman Khan ( insectqh11@gmail.com )

Corresponding author: Prince Tarique Anwar ( ta.friday@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Avunjikkattu Parambil Ranjith

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Citation: Usman SU, Khan FR, Ahmad SK, Alhewairini SS, Anwar PT (2024) First records of the families Metapelmatidae and Neanastatidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) in Saudi Arabia. Check List 20(2): 564-569. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.2.564

Abstract

The families Metapelmatidae and Neanastatidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) are recorded for the first time from Saudi Arabia based on the presence of Metapelma mirabile Brues, 1906 and Neanastatus africanus Ferrière, 1938, respectively.

Keywords

Biodiversity, ecosystem service, Metapelma, Neanastatus, parasititoids, new records