Eucharis (Eucharisca) bytinskisalzi Bouček 1956

Gadallah, Neveen S., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Heraty, John M., 2013, A review of the family Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Egypt, Zootaxa 3717 (3), pp. 389-394 : 391-392

Eucharis (Eucharisca) bytinskisalzi Bouček 1956

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E. ( Eucharisca ) bytinski-salzi Bouček 1956: 257–259. Type data: Israel: Bat Yam. Holotype ♀, by original designation. Type depository: NMPC (National Museum (Natural History), Prague, Czech Republic).

Material examined. EGYPT: 1♂, 3♀, Kom Oshim (Fayoum) [29? 30′ 22″N; 30? 54′ 50″E], 21.x.2010; 1♂, Kom Oshim, 4.xi.2010, leg. Gadallah & Edmardash (CUE). ISRAEL: 1♀ (holotype), Palestine (Bat Yam), 9.vi.1919, leg. Bytinski-Salz, UCRC_ENT 334451 (NMPC); 1♂ (allotype), Palestine, 6.ix.1948, leg. Bytinski-Salz, UCRC_ENT 334453 (NMPC).

Distribution. Israel (Bouček 1956), Egypt (new record).

Hosts. Collected very close to the nest of Cataglyphis bicolor (Fabricius) ( Formicidae : Formicinae ) around the roots of the field binweed, Convolvulus arvensis L. ( Convolvulaceae ). We suspect this to be the host because Eucharis (Eucharisca) bedeli Cameron was reared from C. bicolor (Bedel 1895) .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. 1 – 3, 5, Eucharis (Eucharisca) bytinskisalzi: 1, ♀ antenna; 2, ♂ antenna (allotype); 3 face of ♀ (holotype). 4, E. (Psilogastrellus) punctatus (habitus). 6 and 7, E. (P.) cuprea: 6, habitus (lectotype); 7, dorsal aspect (lectotype).

FIGURES 8 – 14. 8 – 10, Eucharis (Eucharisca) bytinskisalzi: 8, dorsal aspect of body (holotype); 9, label (holotype); 10, label of ♂ (allotype). 11 – 14, E. (Psilogastrellus) punctata: 11, dorsal aspect; 12, face; 13, posterior aspect of body; 14, label.