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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| author | Mohammad Nafi Solaiman Al-Sabi Diana Carolina Arias-Penna Nabila Rayed Nashaat Idrees Omar A. Al-Jabr Khalid A. Alhudaib Mustafa I. Almaghasla |
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| description | 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 the country. The new species attacks Mythimna Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Natural history information is provided such as the association of males with females, geographical location, possible food plants, and details of wasp cocoons. In addition, a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene is presented. A taxonomic key to the species of Microplitis reported from the KSA is provided. Characters of this new species and its affinities with the three previous species described from the KSA and four of the closely related to Palaeartic species are also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ca35048a4b140ecbdbd9acc165a4b7a2023-03-29T08:11:04ZengPensoft PublishersJournal of Hymenoptera Research1314-26072023-03-019610112010.3897/jhr.96.9911499114A 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 ArabiaMohammad Nafi Solaiman Al-Sabi0Diana Carolina Arias-Penna1Nabila Rayed Nashaat Idrees2Omar A. Al-Jabr3Khalid A. Alhudaib4Mustafa I. Almaghasla5King Faisal UniversityUnaffiliatedKing Faisal UniversityKing Faisal UniversityKing Faisal UniversityKing Faisal UniversityA 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 the country. The new species attacks Mythimna Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Natural history information is provided such as the association of males with females, geographical location, possible food plants, and details of wasp cocoons. In addition, a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene is presented. A taxonomic key to the species of Microplitis reported from the KSA is provided. Characters of this new species and its affinities with the three previous species described from the KSA and four of the closely related to Palaeartic species are also discussed.https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/99114/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Nafi Solaiman Al-Sabi Diana Carolina Arias-Penna Nabila Rayed Nashaat Idrees Omar A. Al-Jabr Khalid A. Alhudaib Mustafa I. Almaghasla 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 Journal of Hymenoptera Research |
| title | 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 |
| title_full | 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 |
| title_fullStr | 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 |
| title_full_unstemmed | 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 |
| title_short | 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 |
| title_sort | 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 |
| url | https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/99114/download/pdf/ |
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