Scutellista caerulea (Fonscolombe, 1832)

Rahmani, Zahra, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein & Mokhtari, Azizollah, 2022, Annotated checklist of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) in the Middle East and North Africa, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2), pp. 265-377 : 283

Scutellista caerulea (Fonscolombe, 1832)

Encyrtus caeruleus Fonscolombe, 1832:304 , ♀. – HDOU, France.

Distribution in the Middle East: Algeria ( Thompson, 1958), Egypt ( Saad et al., 1977; El–Minshawy et al., 1978; Abd-Rabou, 2011), Iran ( Hesami et al., 2008), Iraq ( Alrubeai, 2017), Israel ( Rosen, 1962; Rosen et al., 1971; Mendel et al., 1984), Jordan ( Awamelah et al., 2008, 2009), Lebanon ( Khazawinah & Talhouk, 1964), Libya ( Lal & Naji, 1979b) , Morocco ( Thompson, 1958; Vago, 2002), Oman ( Xiao & Huang, 2001), Palestine ( Rivnay, 1944), Syria ( Diab et al., 2014) , Saudi Arabia ( Faragalla et al., 1985), Tunisia ( Jarraya, 1974; Mansour et al., 2011), Turkey (Western part – Öncüer, 1991; Yayla et al., 1995; Xiao & Huang, 2001; Kumral & Kovanci, 2004).

Zoogeographical distribution: Afrotropical, Australasian, Eastern Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oceanic, Oriental, Western Palaearctic.

Remarks: This species has been recorded as Scutellista syanea from Iraq ( Alrubeai, 2017), and as Scutellista cyanea Motschulsky, 1859 , from Egypt ( Saad et al., 1977; El–Minshawy et al., 1978), Israel ( Rosen, 1962; Rosen et al., 1971; Mendel et al., 1984), Lebanon ( Khazawinah & Talhouk, 1964), Libya ( Lal & Naji, 1979b) , Palestine ( Rivnay, 1944), Saudi Arabia ( Faragalla et al., 1985), Tunisia ( Mansour et al., 2011) and from Turkey ( Öncüer, 1991; Yayla et al., 1995; Kumral & Kovanci, 2004).