First record of the genus <em>Cryptanusia</em> Girault (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in the Middle East, with description of a new species from Israel

Zoya Yefremova; Noah Michaeli; Adi Ramot; Gilad Ben-Zvi

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Zoya Yefremova The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801 Israel. E-mail: zyefremova@tauex.tau.ac.il; zyefremova@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5572-2332
Noah Michaeli The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801 Israel. https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2665-0710
Adi Ramot The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801 Israel.
Gilad Ben-Zvi The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801 Israel. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9249-878X

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Chalcidoidea , Encyrtidae , Hymenoptera , new record , new species , taxonomy , parasitoid wasps , Arava Valley , Israel , Levant , Middle East

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Cryptanusia larssoni Yefremova & Michaeli sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), is described from the southernmost part of Arava Valley, Israel, from a single female collected by beating Vachellia tortilis subsp. tortilis (Mimosaceae) during a survey of arthropods associated with V. t. subsp. tortilis and V. t. subsp. raddiana in natural habitats and those adjacent to agricultural fields. This is the first record of the genus Cryptanusia from the Middle East. While the host of the new species is not established, several species of Cryptanusia are known to be reared from mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae).

To cite: Yefremova, Z.A., Michaeli, N., Ramot, A. & Ben-Zvi, G. 2026. First record of the genus Cryptanusia Girault (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in the Middle East, with description of a new species from Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology 55: 177–182. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23975834
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First record of the genus Cryptanusia Girault (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in the Middle East, with description of a new species from Israel

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