Revision of the species Chalcidoidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Museum of Natural History of the Scientific Institute in Rabat (Morocco)

K. Kissayi1, C. Villemant2, A. Douaik3, F. Bentata3, M. Labhilili3, A. Benhoussa4, K. Kissayi5, Montse Ferrer6

1 National Forestry School of Engineers, Tabriquet, 11 000, Salé, Morocco; 2 Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, MCF, 45 rue Buffon, CP50 75005, Paris, France; 3 National Institute of Agronomic Research, Rabat, Morocco; 4 Mohammed V University, Faculty of Sciences, , Morocco; 5 National Forestry School of Engineers, Tabriquet, Salé, Morocco; 6 Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Ps Picasso s/n, 08003, Barcelona, Spain

Corresponding author(s): K. Kissayi (Kissayi_k@yahoo.fr)C. VillemantA. DouaikF. BentataM. LabhililiA. Benhoussa, K. Kissayi (Kissayi_k@yahoo.fr)

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Resource Citation

Kissayi, K., Villemant, C., Douaik, A., Bentata, F., Bhilili, M., Benhoussa, A., 2020. Revision of the species Chalcidoidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Museum of Natural History of the Scientific Institute in Rabat (Morocco). Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona. Dataset/Occurrence: https://doi.org/10.15470/q0ya99 https://doi.org/10.15470/q0ya99

Abstract

This work presents the revision of twelve species of the superfamily of Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Scientific Institute, Rabat, Morocco. Data on biology and hosts of these species are given and a map of their distribution in the North Africa region is provided.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Revision, SI reference collection, Morocco, Occurrence, Occurrence

Project details

Project title: evision of the species Chalcidoidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Museum of Natural History of the Scientific Institute in Rabat (Morocco)
Personnel: K. Kissayi

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=chalcidoidea_nmnh-si_rabat

Taxonomic coverage

Taxonomic ranks
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Chalcididae, Encyrtidae, Leucospidae, Megastigmidae, Pteromalidae
Subfamily: Brachymeriinae, Chalcidinae, Haltichellinae, Encyrtinae, Pteromalinae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The aim of this work therefore was to revise for the first time all the Chalcidoidea specimens from this old collection registered in the NMNH-SI in order to update and add to the diversity of the fauna of Morocco.
Coordinates: 32°57'32.4''N and 35°48'3.6''N Latitude; 6°39'25.2''W and 5°43'44.4''W Longitude 

Methods

Method step description: Each specimen was identified by consulting specific and appropriate determination keys: Cresson (1972); Crawford (1910); Bouček (1952); Steffan (1950, 1959); Delvare (1992); Delvare and Bouček (1992); Baugnée and Vago (2006); Delvare et al. (2011); Lotfalizadeh et al. (2012); Toheed et al. (2018); Bouček (1974); Rizzo and Mitroiu (2010); Doğanlar (2011); Delvare and Huchet (2017); Janšta et al. (2017); Cruaud et al. (2019); Cruaud et al. (2020).
Study extent description: The list below includes data on the species of Chalcidoidea from Morocco deposited at the NMNH–SI and classified by family, subfamily, tribe (where it exists), genus and species.
Sampling description: After revising the specimens from the NMNH–SI collection we identified 12 species in 9 genera and 5 families: Chalcididae (5 species), Encyrtidae (1 species), Leucospidae (3 species), Megastigmidae (1 species) and Pteromalidae (2 species).
Quality control description: Each specimen was examined morphologically in detail with a Stereomicroscope
Olympus SZX16

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Revision of the species Chalcidoidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Museum of Natural History of the Scientific Institute in Rabat (Morocco)
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Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.es/archive.do?r=chalcidoidea_nmnh-si_rabat
Publication date of data: 2022-06-08
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2020-11-16
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Kissayi, K., Villemant, C., Douaik, A., Bentata, F., Bhilili, M., Benhoussa, A., 2020. Revision of the species Chalcidoidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Museum of Natural History of the Scientific Institute in Rabat (Morocco). Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 18: 143–159, Doi: https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2020.18.0143 https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2020.18.0143