Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea inhabiting gallsof Cynipidae in Jordan

摘要

Twenty-three species of Chalcidoidea (5 Eurytomidae, 4 Torymidae, 2Ormyridae, 5 Pteromalidae and 7 Eulophidae) are recorded as regular membersof the parasitoid fauna inhabiting galls of Cynipidae in Jordan. The occurrence ofthree additional species, probably only facultatively associated with cynipidgalls, is noted. Twenty-two out of the total 26 species were previously unre-corded in the country, while 13 of them are also new for the entire Middle East.Eighteen new host records were detected, together with 24 new plant-parasitoidassociations. The biology of each species is briefly commented upon, as well asthe presence of a host-related colour variation in some species.