New records for a catalogue of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Morocco

Khadija Kissayi1, Souad Benhalima2, Fatiha Bentata3, Mustapha Labhilili3, Abdelaziz Benhoussa2, Montse Ferrer4

1 National Forestry School of Engineers, , Morocco; 2 Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco; 3 National Institute of Agronomic Research, , Morocco; 4 Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Ps Picasso s/n, 08003, Barcelona, Spain

Corresponding author(s): Khadija Kissayi (Kissayi_k@yahoo.fr)Souad BenhalimaFatiha BentataMustapha LabhililiAbdelaziz Benhoussa

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Resource Citation

Kissayi, K., Benhalima, S., Bentata, F., Bhilili, M., Benhoussa, A., 2019. New records for a catalogue of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Morocco. Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona. Dataset/Occurrence: https://doi.org/10.15470/nochzr https://doi.org/10.15470/nochzr

Abstract

Three species of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) were newly recorded from Morocco during a study carried out in the Maâmora forest between 2012 and 2014: Hockeria bifasciata (Walker, 1834), H. mengenillarum (Silvestri, 1943) and Proconura decipiens (Masi, 1929). P. decipiens (Masi, 1929) stat. rev. will be removed from synonymy with P. nigripes (Fonscolombe, 1832). This study includes bibliographical research and revision of specimens deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Scientific Institute of Rabat (Morocco). Twenty-six species and fourteen genera belonging to the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) are now catalogued from Morocco.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, Chalcididae, New data, Maâmora, Morocco, Occurrence, Occurrence

Project details

Project title: New records for a catalogue of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Morocco
Personnel: K. Kissayi
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The specimens were collected at three locations within the forest of Maâmora, Morocco (fig. 1): (1) Taïcha, Station 1: located near the forestry post Taïcha in the western Maâmora, canton A, commune Sidi Taïbi, 34° 13' 29.5" N, 6° 39' 04.8"W, 36 m. (2) Al Maha, Station 2: located in a private reserve in South Eastern Maâmora, canton D, commune Aïn Johra, 34° 06' 34.2" N, 6° 19' 04.0" W, 175 m. And (3) Aïn Assou, Station 3: located near the forestry post Aïn Assou in the northern Maâmora, canton D, commune Kceïbia, 34° 12' 07.9" N, 6° 15' 10.8" W, 84 m.

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Moroccan Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) at the forest of Maâmora
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Family Chalcididae
Subfamily: Subfamily Haltichellinae, Subfamily Chalcidinae, Subfamily Cratocentrinae, Subfamily Dirhininae, Subfamily Haltichellinae
Tribe: Tribe Haltichellini, Tribe Hybothoracini, Tribe Brachymeriini, Tribe Chalcidini, Tribe Dirhinini, Tribe Haltichellini, Tribe Hybothoracini

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The specimens were collected at three locations within the forest of Maâmora, Morocco
Coordinates: 30°26'56.4''N and 35°46'1.2''N Latitude; 9°50'38.4''W and 2°9'50.4''W Longitude 

Temporal coverage: April 26, 2012 - June 14, 2014

Methods

Method step description: The list of Moroccan Chalcididae shown below is arranged by subfamilies, tribes, genera and species in alphabetical order. Under distribution in Morocco we include localities and dates of capture (Morocco’ indicates that a more precise locality is unavailable).
Study extent description: The specimens were collected at three locations within the forest of Maâmora, Morocco (fig. 1): (1) Taïcha, Station 1: located near the forestry post Taïcha in the western Maâmora, canton A, commune Sidi Taïbi, 34° 13' 29.5" N, 6° 39' 04.8"W, 36 m. (2) Al Maha, Station 2: located in a private reserve in South Eastern Maâmora, canton D, commune Aïn Johra, 34° 06' 34.2" N, 6° 19' 04.0" W, 175 m. And (3) Aïn Assou, Station 3: located near the forestry post Aïn Assou in the northern Maâmora, canton D, commune Kceïbia, 34° 12' 07.9" N, 6° 15' 10.8" W, 84 m.
The climate of the Maâmora forest is in general thermo-Mediterranean, sub-humid at the first station and semi-arid at the other two stations (Métro and Sauvage, 1955). Geographical positions are given using coordinates in Merchich's geographic reference system.
Sampling description: All samples were collected by K. Kissayi (first author), using one Malaise trap per station once a week over three periods: 26 April to 8 October 2012, 24 May to 23 September 2013 and 27 November 2013 to 14 June 2014. After sorting, specimens were preserved in 70% alcohol prior to identification.
Quality control description: Identifications were carried out by G. Delvare (CIRAD) and K. Kissayi using keys in Habu (1960, 1962), Bouček (1951, 1956, 1988), Bouček and Sedivy (1954), Ferrière and Kerrich (1958), Bouček and Narendran (1981), Narendran (1984, 1986, 1989), Delvare (1988, 1992, 1993), Bouček and Delvare (1992), Bouček and Halstead (1997), Narendran and van Achterberg (2016) and Delvare (2017).

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive New records for a catalogue of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Morocco
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.es/archive.do?r=hymenoptera_chalcididae_morocco
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: 2019-07-15
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Kissayi, K., Benhalima, S., Bentata, F., Bhilili, M., Benhoussa, A., 2019. New records for a catalogue of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Morocco. Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 17: 145-158, Doi: https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2019.17.0145 https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2019.17.0145