Title of article :
NEW RECORD OF THE PARASITOID WASPMONODONTOMERUS OBSCURUS WESTWOOD, 1833 (HYMENOPTERA, TORYMIDAE)IN IRAQ
Author/Authors :
Abdul-Rassou, M. S Universityof Baghdad - Baghdad, Iraq , Mahmoud, T. T Department of Plant Protection - College of Agriculture - DohukUniversity - Dohuk - Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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 Sceliphronsp. (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), that collected from a wall at a residential garden in Dohuk province. A short morphological description is presented.
Keywords :
Dohuk , Iraq , Monodontomerus obscures , Parasitoid , Sphecoid wasp
Journal title :
Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum
