Neochrysocharis formosus (Westwood)

Gadallah, Neveen S., Yefremova, Zoya A., Yegorenkova, Ekaterina N., Soliman, Ahmed M., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. & Edmardash, Yusuf A., 2015, A review of the family Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Egypt, with thirty three new records, Zootaxa 4058 (1) : -

Neochrysocharis formosus (Westwood)

Material examined. 2♀, Kom Osheim (Fayoum), 29°34'07"N, 30°54'26"E, Malaise trap, 29–31.v.2013; 1♀, El-Heiz (Ein Eleza, Bahariya Oasis), 28°01'34"N, 28°38'20"E, swept on Medicago sativa , 26.x.2013 (leg. Usama Abu El-Ghiet); 2♀, Kafr Salem (El Gharbiya), 30°43'52"N, 34°18'07"E, Malaise trap, 3–6.x.2014; 1♀, 1♂, Kafr Salem (El Gharbiya), 30°43'52"N, 34°18'07"E, Malaise trap, 3–6.x.2014 (leg. Ahmed M. Soliman); 1♂, Botanical Gaden (Aswan), 24°05'38"N, 32°53'13"E, 11.iii.2014 (by sweeping) (leg. Yusuf Edmardash); 2♀, Burullus (Kafr El Sheikh), 31°33'58"N, 31°07'53"E, swept on grasses, 26.x.2014 (leg Yusuf Edmardash & Mustafa Mahmoud).

Previous records from Egypt. Al Ameria district (Alexandria) (31°01'24"N, 29°49'48"E) ( Doğanlar & Elsayed 2015).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan (except Australia).

Host records. In Egypt, it has been reared from galls of Asphondylia punica Marchal ( Diptera : Cecidomyiidae ) on the stems and flower buds of the Mediterranean saltbush, Atriplex halimus ( Doğanlar & Elsayed 2015) .