Netelia thoracica (WOLDSTEDT 1880)

Gadallah, N. S., Ahmed, R. S., Heneidy, A. H. El- & Mahmoud, S. M., 2010, Ichneumonidae from the Suez Canal region Egypt (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea), Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1293-1310 : 1305-1310

Netelia thoracica (WOLDSTEDT 1880)

Paniscus thoracica WOLDSTEDT 1880 - Stet. Ent. Zeit. 41: 174.

M a t e r i a l: 1, Arish, 26.3.2007.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: North Africa, Egypt (El-Kattash (as N. ahngeri, AUBERT & SHAUMAR 1978 )).

Acknowledgements

Sincere gratitude to Dr. Gavin Broad (Natural History Museum, London) and Dr. Vladimir Gokhman (Moscow State University, Russia) for their great assistance in the identification and/or confirmation of the ichneumonid specimens.

Zusammenfassung

Ein Bestimmungsschlüssel für 43 Ichneumonidenarten aus 29 Gattungen und 11 Unterfamilien für das Gebiet des Suez Kanals wird vorgestellt. Faunistische Angaben für alle vorkommenden Arten werden angeführt, folgende 7 Arten erwiesen sich als neu für Ägypten: Anomalon kozlovi (KOKUJEV) (Anomaloninae) , Diadegma fenestrale (HOLMGREN) , D. maculata (GRAVENHORST) (Campopleginae) , Mesostenus grammicus GRAVENHORST (Cryptinae) , Syrphophilus bizonarius (GRAVENHORST) (Diplazontinae) , Barichneumon bilunulatus (GRAVENHORST) und Ctenichneumon repentinus (GRAVENHORST) (Ichneumoninae) .

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Authors’ addresses: Dr. Neveen Samy GADALLAH

Entomology Department, Faculty of Science

Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.

E-mail: [e-mail]

Dr. Rowaida Saleh AHMED

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science

Suez canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.

E-mail: [e-mail]

Dr. Ahmed H. El-HENEIDY

Department of Biological Control,

Plant Protection Research Institute,

Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt

E-mail: [e-mail]

Samar Mohamed MAHMOUD

Department of Biological Control

Plant Protection Research Institute

Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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