Survey and Taxonomic Notes on The Hymenopterous Insect Fauna of the New Valley, Egypt.Part II. wasps

Al-Azab, A

doi:10.21608/eajbsa.2020.86183

Abstract

A survey of the wasps (Hymenoptera) was carried out in the New Valley governorate (Egypt), using mainly sweeping nets during a period covered all the seasons of the years 2017- 2018. The survey resulting 103 species under 68 genera belonging to 13 wasp families, of which 53 species are recorded for the first time in this area. Notes on the abundance of the species in the area of study, together with their economic status and their distribution in different geographical regions in Egypt are provided.

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The New Valley governorate is the largest governorate in Egypt, covering an area of 458,000 square kilometers
Scattered records of the wasps in the New Valley Governorate were provided by some authors such as Mellor, 1927; Mochi, 1938; Priesner, 1958; Kaschef, et al, 1964; Sayed et al, 1964; Shaumar, 1966; El Kady, 1980; Zalat et al, 1992; Roche and Gdallah Neven, 1999; AL Gamal et al, 2001; Saleh et al, 2003; Soliman, 2004 and 2010; Aufy, 2005; El Azab, 2007; Farghaly, 2011; Rahman and Soliman 2011 and Abu Alsood, 2014
The surveyed areas were cultivated with variable field crops, vegetables, and fruit trees

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Introduction

The New Valley governorate is the largest governorate in Egypt, covering an area of 458,000 square kilometers (about one-fifth of the total surface area of Egypt). It extends in the north as far as Marsa Matrouh, in the south as far as Sudan and in the west as far as Libya. In the east, it is coterminous with the governorates of Assiut, Qena, and Aswan. The New Valley has a desert climate that is hot and dry and was one of the most important agricultural areas of Ancient Egypt (Janick, 2002). El Morsy et al, (1996) in their work “Biological diversity of Egypt” provided the distribution of all recorded insects at the time in Egypt, including the insects of order Hymenoptera

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