44. Hemiptarsenus ornatus (Nees)

Material examined. 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Israel, Giv’at Hen, ex Gypsophyla (Caryophyllaceae), 3.vi.1982 (A. Friedman) (det. Gijswijt, 1983); 1 ♂, Botanical garden, Tel Aviv, M.T., xi.2010 (Z. Yefremova, V. Kravchenko).

Hosts. Ectoparasitoid of Liriomyza sp., Phytomyza sp. ( Diptera: Agromyzidae); Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) (Bouček & Askew 1968).

Distribution. Israel *; Palearctic (Vidal 2001; Boyadzhiev 2004, 2006).