Hemiptarsenus zilahisebessi Erdős

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) : -

Hemiptarsenus zilahisebessi Erdős

Material examined. 15♀, Al-Gafara (Bahariya Oasis), 28°18'04"N, 28°56'12"E, vi.2014; 1♀, Beir Abu Eagela (Al Quser, Bahariya Oasis), 28°20'52"N, 28°47'13"E, v.2013; 1♀, El-Heiz (Ein Eleza, Bahariya Oasis), 28°01'34"N, 28°38'20", ix.2013; 6♀, El-Heiz (Ein Eleza, Bahariya Oasis), 28°01'34"N, 28°38'20"E, viii.2014; 3♀, Al-Gafara (Bahariya Oasis), 28°18'04"N, 28°56'12"E, 31.x.2013; 1♀, Al-Gafara (Bahariya Oasis), 28°18'04"N, 28°56'12"E, viii.2013; 3♀, El-Heiz (Ein Eleza, Bahariya Oasis), 28°01'34"N, 28°38'20", 31.x.2013; 10♀, Gheit Baeid (Agoz, Bahariya Oasis), 28°20'47"N, 28°54'51"E, 25.vi.2013; 3♀, Gheit Baeid (Agoz, Bahariya Oasis), 28°20'47"N, 28°54'51"E, 25.vi.2013, 31.vii.2013 (leg. Usama Abu El-Ghiet), swept on Medicago sativa L.

Previous records from Egypt. Giza ( Hafez et al. 1974), no specific locality ( Trjapitzin 1978), Sids, El-Zaka, Damanhour ( El-Serwy 2003), Etsa (Fayoum, 29°14'02"N, 30°47'26"E) ( Gadallah et al. 2014).

Distribution. Widespread and common in the Palaearctic ecozone.

Host records. In Egypt, it has been reported from Liriomyza congesta (Becker) ( Hafez et al. 1974) , L. cicerina (Rondani) and L. bryoniae (Kaltenbach) ( El-Serwy 2003) , and L. trifolii (Burgess) ( Gadallah et al. 2014) ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ).