A new gregarious parasitoid species, Microplitis idreesae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) reared from Mythimna sp. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), with a key to the species of Microplitis in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

A new species of parasitoid wasp (Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is described, Microplitis idreesae sp. nov. The genus is reported for the first time in the Eastern province of the KSA. This is the first host-parasitoid association for Microplitis documented in th...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Nafi Solaiman Al-Sabi, Diana Carolina Arias-Penna, Nabila Rayed Nashaat Idrees, Omar A. Al-Jabr, Khalid A. Alhudaib, Mustafa I. Almaghasla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023-03-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/99114/download/pdf/