New contributions to the Eulophidae fauna from Morocco (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with comparison in the North African region

Khadija Kissayi1, Souâd Benhalima2, Abdelaziz Benhoussa3, Montse Ferrer4, Montse Ferrer5

1 National Forestry School of Engineers, 11 000, Salé, Morocco; 2 Mohammed V University, 10 106, Rabat, Morocco; 3 Mohammed V University, 10 106, Rabat, Morocco; 4 Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Ps Picasso s/n, 08003, Barcelona, Spain; 5 Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, , Spain

Corresponding author(s): Khadija KissayiSouâd BenhalimaAbdelaziz Benhoussa, Montse Ferrer (montseferrerf@gmail.com)

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Resource Citation

Kissayi, K., Benhalima, S., Benhoussa, A., 2019. New contributions to the Eulophidae fauna from Morocco (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with comparison in the North African region. Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona. Dataset/Occurrence: https://doi.org/10.15470/wpyzuh https://doi.org/10.15470/wpyzuh

Abstract

We present an update of the Moroccan Eulophidae following samples collected in the Maâmora forest between 2012 and 2014, and completed with a thorough bibliographic study. We report seven genera for the first time in Morocco: Allocerastichus Masi, 1924; Euderomphale Girault, 1916; Eulophus Geoffroy, 1762; Euplectrus Westwood, 1832; Microlycus Thomson, 1878; Tamarixia Masi, 1924 and Trjapitzinichus Kostjukov & Kosheleva, 2006 and six species: Baryscapus impeditus (Nees, 1864); Ceranisus menes (Walker, 1839); Elachertus lateralis (Spinola, 1808); Elasmus atratus Howard, 1897; Microlycus biroi (Erdös, 1951) and Trjapitzinichus politus (Graham, 1991).  A possible new species (Baryscapus n. sp.) and two unidentified species (Allocerastichus sp. and Euderomphale sp.) are included in the list of Moroccan Eulophidae.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae, Additions, Morocco, Occurrence, Occurrence, New records

Project details

Project title: New contributions to the Eulophidae fauna from Morocco (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with comparison in the North African region
Personnel: K. Kissayi
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Samples were  collected at three stations in the Maâmora forest (Fig. 1): Taïcha (Station 1), 34° 13' 29,5" N, 6° 39' 04,8" W, 36 m; Aïn Johra (Station 2), 34° 06' 34,2" N, 6° 19' 04,0" W, 175 m; Aïn Assou Kceïbia (Station 3), 34° 12' 07,9" N, 6° 15' 10,8" W, 84 m.
Design description: The samples were collected once a week using Malaise traps during the following periods: from May 26th to October 8th in 2012, from  May 24th to September 23rd in 2013, and from  November 27th to June 14th in 2013. After sorting, the specimens were preserved in alcohol at 70° for identification

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=eulophidae_morocco

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: List of newly named Eulophidae species in Morocco
Taxonomic ranks
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Eulophidae
Subfamily: Entedoninae, Entiinae, Eulophinae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Samples were  collected at three stations in the Maâmora forest: Taïcha (Station 1), Aïn Johra (Station 2), and Aïn Assou Kceïbia (Station 3)
Coordinates: 30°25'1.2''N and 35°13'58.8''N Latitude; 9°35'60''W and 4°58'58.8''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: May 26, 2012 - November 27, 2013

Methods

Method step description: The work of the determinations of this family was preceded by a thorough bibliographical study.
Study extent description: Samples were  collected at three stations in the Maâmora forest (Fig. 1): Taïcha (Station 1), 34° 13' 29,5" N, 6° 39' 04,8" W, 36 m; Aïn Johra (Station 2), 34° 06' 34,2" N, 6° 19' 04,0" W, 175 m; Aïn Assou Kceïbia (Station 3), 34° 12' 07,9" N, 6° 15' 10,8" W, 84 m.
This work has been completed through a   bibliographic research
Sampling description: The samples were collected once a week using Malaise traps during the following periods: from May  26th to October 8th  in 2012, from  May 24th to  September 23rd in   2013, and from  November 27th  to June 14th in 2013. After sorting, the specimens were preserved in alcohol at 70° for identification
Quality control description: Identifications are based on Narendran (2011); Triapitsyn and Headrick (1995); Protasov et al. (2007a, 2007b); Bouček (1959, 1977, 1988); Erdös (1954); Harris (1979); Delucchi and Remaudière (1966); Bouček and Askew (1968a); Graham (1987, 1991); Doğanlar et al. 2011; LaSalle (1994).

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive New contributions to the Eulophidae fauna from Morocco (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with comparison in the North African region
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.es/archive.do?r=eulophidae_morocco
Publication date of data: 2021-12-17
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-09-30
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Kissayi, K., Benhalima, S., Benhoussa, A., 2019. New contributions to the Eulophidae fauna from Morocco (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with comparison in the North African region. Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 17: 161-177, Doi: https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2019.17.0161 https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2019.17.0161