Eucharis (Psilogastrellus) punctata Forster 1859

Eucharis (Psilogastrellus) punctata F��rster, 1859 (Figure 8) Eucharis punctata F��rster, 1859: 8 9 ��� 91. Type data: Tyrol (Austria). Syntype ♀. Type depository: NHMW. Eucharis (Pachyeucharis) punctata; Bouček, 1956: 252; change in combination. Psilogastrellus punctatus, Bouček, 1977: 60, 124; change in combination. Material examined 1♀, Saudi Arabia, Al-Baha, Wadi Galala (20.14638��N, 41.3425��E), altitude 1900 m (leg. Setvaningrum), sweep net (KSMA). Host records It has been recorded from Messor sp., Messor barbarus (Linnaeus) and Messor concolor Santschi (Noyes 2015). Distribution Algeria, Austria (Heraty 2002), Egypt (Heraty 2002; Gadallah et al. 2013); Tunisia (Bouček 1956), Turkey (Bouček 1951, 1956), Croatia (Bouček 1977). Saudi Arabia (new record). Notes This species largely agrees with Ruschka ��� s description (Ruschka 1924) as well as with the characters given in Bouček ��� s key (Bouček 1956). However, wing infuscation of the Saudi Arabian specimen is somewhat darker and extends along most of wing surface (Figure 8).
Published as part of Neveen S. Gadallah, Ahmed M. Soliman & Hathal M. Al Dhafer, 2017, Eucharitidae new to the fauna of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), with the description of a new species and the previously unknown male of Eucharis (Psilogastrellus) albipennis Bou��ek, pp. 96-113 in Journal of Natural History 51 (1) on pages 109-110, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1245798, http://zenodo.org/record/400719
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