Contribution to the knowledge of the Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Ankara, Turkey, with some new records

Abstract

Data are presented on the occurrence of 41 species of the Tetrastrichinae in Ankara based on materials obtained from grass. The present paper combines the faunistic and distributional data obtained from recent studies with all other species of the subfamily known from Turkey up to now. The number of the species and their genera are: Anaprostocetus Graham (2), Aprostocetus Westwood (12), Baryscapus Förster (15), Crataepus Förster (1), Neotrichoporoides Girault (6), Pronotalia Gradwell (2), Sigmophora Rondani (1), Tetrastichus Haliday (3). Fifteen species are reported for the first time in the Turkish fauna