Edmardash Yusuf A, El-Ghiet Usama M Abu, Gadallah Neveen S
Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, P.O. Box: 12613.
Zootaxa. 2020 Jan 17;4722(6):zootaxa.4722.6.3. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.3.
The tribe Hormiini Förster, 1863, and subfamily Macrocentrinae Förster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are recorded for the first time for the Egyptian fauna. Hormiini is represented by five species in two genera, Avga Nixon, 1940, with a single new species, A. sinaitica Edmardash Gadallah; and Hormius Nees, 1819 (4 species), H. moniliatus (Nees, 1811), H. propodealis (Belokobylskij, 1989), H. sculpturatus Tobias, 1967, and H. similis Szépligeti, 1896. One species of Macrocentrinae, Macrocentrus collaris (Spinola, 1808) is also reported here. The specimens were collected from different localities of Egypt.
