First record of Syrphophilus bizonarius (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Diplazontinae) from Algeria

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S. Ait Amar
B.-K. Karima
F. Medjdoub-Bensaad
A. A. AlHussain Kareem

First record of Syrphophilus bizonarius (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Diplazontinae) from Algeria


The subfamily Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) has been little studied in Algeria. Following our study in the region of Tizi–Ouzou from March to May 2020, we report the presence of the species Syrphophilus bizonarius (Gravenhorst, 1829) for the first time in this country, starting from a single male individual that emerged from a hoverfly pupa of Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer, 1776) (Diptera, Syrphidae, Syrphinae).

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Ichneumonidae, Diplazontinae, Syrphophilus bizonarius, Episyrphus balteatus, Argelia, Tizi–Ouzou

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Ait Amar, S. et al. «First record of Syrphophilus bizonarius (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Diplazontinae) from Algeria». Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 2022, vol.VOL 20, p. 47-52, doi:10.32800/amz.2022.20.0047.