African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12488

Short Communication

Records of the genus Coccygidium Saussure (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae), with description of a new species from Saudi Arabia

Hamed A. Ghramh
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, King Khalid University, P. O. Box- 9004, ABHA- 61413, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 20 June 2011
  •  Published: 08 August 2011

Abstract

Coccygidium arabica sp. nov., (Hym., Braconidae, Agathidinae) is described from Saudi Arabia. Morphological diagnostic characters of the new species were figured and compared with those of the related species Coccygidium angostura. The genus Coccygidium Saussure is recorded for the first time from Saudi Arabia.

 

Key words: Coccygidium, Hymenoptera, Braconidae, new records, new species,Saudi Arabia.

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