Diglyphus isaea (Walker)

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) : -

Diglyphus isaea (Walker)

Material examined. 5♀, Al-Gafara (Bahariya Oasis), 28°18'04"N, 28°56'12"E, 31.x.2013; 1♀, Beir Abu Egaela, v. 2013 (leg. Usama Abu El-Ghiet), on Medicago sativa L.

Previous records from Egypt. This species was introduced from the Netherlands and established in Egypt ( Abd-Rabou 2006). It was recorded from Sids, El-Zarka, Damanhour ( El-Serwy 2003), Qaluobia (Fadl & El- Khawas 2009), and Ebshway (Fayoum) (29°21'11"N, 30°41'22"E) ( Gadallah et al. 2014).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Host records. In Egypt, this species has been reported as one of the important natural enemies of Liriomyza cicerina (Rondani) and L. bryoniae (Kaltenbach) ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ) ( El-Serwy 2003). It has been reported also from L. trifolii (Burgess) ( Abd-Rabou 2006; Fadl & El-Khawas 2009), and Liriomyza sp. ( Gadallah et al. 2014).