A new species of Gnamptodon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Telengaiinae) from Israel

Authors

  • Gideon Pisanty The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel. E-mail: gidpisa79@yahoo.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2076-430X
  • Norah Saabna Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3103301, Israel
  • Tamar Keasar Department of Biology and the Environment, University of Haifa–Oranim, Tiv'on 36006, Israel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4925-0823

Keywords:

Barcoding, biodiversity, Braconidae, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae, new species, parasitoid wasps, taxonomy, Israel, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

A new species of parasitoid wasp, Gnamptodon avigail Pisanty sp. n. (Braconidae: Telengaiinae), is described from northern Israel, its distribution presumably extending south to Saudi Arabia based on genetic barcodes and photographs. The species is associated with Christ’s thorn jujube, Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf. (Rhamnaceae), a drought-tolerant tree, and most likely attacks nepticulid leaf-mining moths feeding on the tree’s foliage. This is the first species of subfamily Telengaiinae to be reported from the region of the Levant.

To cite: Pisanty, G., Saabna, N. & Keasar, T. 2026. A new species of Gnamptodon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Telengaiinae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology 55: 17–25. 
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18927667
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC78D007-1DB4-40F7-9967-ED132D0C4923

Gnamptodon avigail paratype, Israel

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2026-03-11

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Vol. 55 (2026)

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