African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12481

Full Length Research Paper

Description of a new species of Megastigmus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Torymidae) from Saudi Arabia

Hamed A. Ghramh and Ali A. Shati*
Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 25 March 2011
  •  Published: 23 May 2011

Abstract

A new species, Megastigmus asir, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) which emerged from seeds of Juniperus procera (Cupressaceae) collected from Jabel Al sodah, Asir region, Saudi Arabia is described and illustrated. The genus,Megasitigmus Dalman, is recorded for the first time from Saudi Arabia.

 

Key words: Megastigmus, Torymidae, new records, new species, Juniperus procera, Saudi Arabia.

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