Two Parasitic Wasp Species Ichneumon sarcitorius and I. ostentator in Iraq
A.A. Kareem1*, A. Alsendi2, S. Al-Zurfi1, A. Alamri1 and R.K. Aljaafari1
(1) Plant Protection Dept, Agriculture College, University of Kerbala, Iraq; (2) Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. *Email of corresponding author: ali.kareem@uokerbala.edu.iq
Received: 12/3/2023; Accepted:14/6/2023
https://doi.org/10.22268/AJPP-001226
Abstract
This study was carried out in Karbala and Najaf cities in June 2020. A sweeping net was used to collect the specimens during the survey. Results obtained indicated that the samples collected belong to the Ichneumonidae family (Order: Hymenoptera), one of the large and long Ichneumon wasps. This is the first report on the occurrence of two Ichneumon species, Ichneumon sarcitorius (Linnaeus, 1758) and I. ostentator (Heinrich, 1978), in the Al-Husayniya district of Karbala and Najaf provinces in Iraq. However, more survey is needed to identify their hosts in Iraq.
Keywords
Ichneumon sarcitorius, Ichneumon ostentator, taxonomy, Iraq.