Description of male of Leucospis insularis (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Leucospidae) with new records and check-list of Chalcidoidea of Socotra Island

Abstract

A check-list of the Chalcidoidea of Socotra Island is presented. The male of the endemic species Leucospis insularis Kirby, 1900 (Leucospidae) is described for the first time and five species are recorded from the Socotra Island for the first time.

Altogether 11 species from five families are currently known from Socotra, four species of which are considered to be endemic to the island.

Keywords

• Hymenoptera
• Chalcidoidea
• Agaonidae
• Eupelmidae
• Leucospidae
• Pteromalidae
• Torymidae
• Leucospis
• description
• new records
• Yemen
• Socotr