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The parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of five Kermes species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kermesidae) in Israel

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During the years 2010 to 2013, parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) were collected in Israel from five Kermes species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kermesidae), namely, Kermes echinatus Balachowsky, K. greeni Bodenheimer, K. hermonensis Spodek and Ben-Dov, K. nahalali Bodenheimer and K. spatulatus Balachowsky. These collections resulted in thirteen parasitoid species including four species that are new to science: Aprostocetus bendovi Japoshvili sp.n., A. ghanimi Japoshvili sp.n., A. mendeli Japoshvili sp.n. and A. protasovi Japoshvili sp.n., seven new records for Israel, and nine species with sixteen new scale insect hosts.

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Acknowledgments

This study was funded to MS by Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael/The Jewish National Fund (Project # 131-1621-11) and the Israel Taxonomy Initiative. MS would like to thank Dr. Y. Ben-Dov, Professor M. Ghanim, Professor Z. Mendel and Dr. A. Protasov (Department of Entomology, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel) for their guidance and encouragement throughout her PhD. Species of Aprostocetus are named in their honor. Special thanks to Dr. G. Soli and Dr. L. Aarvic from the Oslo Natural History Museum, Norway for allowing the first author use of their photographic equipment. Collection permits for nature reserves were kindly provided by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority.

We would like also to express our great gratitude to two anonymous reviewers whose contributions drastically improved the paper.

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  1. Institute of Entomology, Agricultural University of Georgia, Agmashenebeli alley 13 km., Tbilisi, Georgia

    George Japoshvili

  2. Inverterbate Research Center, Agladze #26, Tbilisi, Georgia

    George Japoshvili

  3. Department of Entomology, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, POB 6, Bet Dagan, 50250, Israel

    Malkie Spodek & Yair Ben-Dov

  4. Department of Entomology, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12, Rehovot, 76100, Israel

    Malkie Spodek

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Japoshvili, G., Spodek, M. & Ben-Dov, Y. The parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of five Kermes species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kermesidae) in Israel. Phytoparasitica 43, 541–551 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-015-0478-x

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