Review of Aulacidae from Greece and Cyprus with new records

Abstract

The Aulacidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) from Greece and Cyprus are reviewed. Seven species are recorded, all comprised within the genus Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900. Two of them, P. chlapowskii Kieffer, 1900 and P. compressus (Spinola, 1808) are reported for the first time from Greece; P. mourguesi Maneval, 1935, previously known from only one locality of northern Greece, is recorded for the first time from the Eastern Aegean islands (Ikaria) and other localities from the Greek mainland are reported; P. galitae (Gribodo, 1879) is recorded for the first time from Lesvos island (Eastern Aegean islands) and Cyprus. Brief references for identification and essential data on the treated species are provided.

Taxonomic and faunistic study of Aulacidae (Hymenoptera, Evanioidea) from Iran, with illustrated key to species

“…This species was previously recorded only from Europe (Turrisi 2007(Turrisi , 2013a. There is a possible record for the Near East without source material (Madl 2012).…”

“…The head bears a coarser punctuation than European specimens of P. compressus and P. lindae, but less so than the other two similar species P. samai Turrisi, 2011 andP. rapuzzii Turrisi, 2011. intraspecific variation in colour and sculpture of some parts of the body (Turrisi 2007 (Turrisi 2007, 2013a, Ghahari 2012, Huflejt and Wiśniowski 2012.…”

“…Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia (European and central areas), Slovakia, Turkey, former Yugoslavia (Turrisi 2007, 2013a, Huflejt and Wiśniowski 2012.…”

Aulacidae Family as Endoparasitoids of Xylophagous Insects: Of the Order Coleoptera, Hymenoptera and Diptera

“…The present study deals with new records of Aulacidae from Greece and Cyprus with a review of the distribution of the Aulacidae in these countries, and provides notes for their identification [25][26][27] .…”

Review of the superfamily Evanioidea (Hymenoptera) in Iran with four new records

“…This species has already been reported from West-Azarbaijan province in Iran (Ghahari, 2012). It is distributed in north Africa, south Europe and Turkey (Turrisi, 2007(Turrisi, , 2013a(Turrisi, , 2013b.…”