NEW RECORD OF THE PARASITOID WASP MONODONTOMERUS OBSCURUS WESTWOOD, 1833 (HYMENOPTERA, TORYMIDAE)  IN IRAQ

M. S. Abdul-Rassoul; T. T. Mahmoud

doi:10.26842/binhm.7.2017.14.4.0329

M. S. Abdul-Rassoul Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
T. T. Mahmoud Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Dohuk University Dohuk, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2017.14.4.0329

Keywords: Dohuk, Iraq, Monodontomerus obscures, Parasitoid, Sphecoid wasp.

Abstract

This article reveals the first record of the parasitoid wasp, Monodontomerus obscurus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) from Iraq. A total of 27 specimens were emerged from mud nests of sphecoid wasp of Sceliphron sp. (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), that collected from a wall at a residential garden in Dohuk province. A short morphological description is presented.

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