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Subfamily Pimplinae Wesmael, 1845
Authors: Ghahari, Hassan; Kolarov, Janko; Gadallah, Neveen S.; Zwakhals, Kees; Di Giovanni, Filippo; Shaw, Scott R.; Mohammadi-Khoramabadi, Abbas; Jussila, Reijo
Editors: Ghahari, Hassan; Gadallah, Neveen S.; Shaw, Scott R.
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication year: 2026
Book title : Darwin Wasps of the Middle East (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) : Taxonomy, Distribution, Bioecology, and Biocontrol Benefits
First page : 1137
Last page: 1229
ISBN: 978-3-031-88199-2
eISBN: 978-3-031-88200-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88200-5_31
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Web address : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88200-5_31
The fauna of the subfamily Pimplinae Wesmael, 1845, in the Middle East comprises 128 known species in 34 genera. Pimpla Fabricius, 1804, with 19 recorded species, is the most species-rich genus. Also, Iranian Pimplinae, which are the richest among the Middle Eastern countries, comprises 99 known species within 31 genera, followed by Turkey (95 species), Egypt, Israel-Palestine (each with 12 species), Cyprus (5 species), Lebanon (2 species), and Jordan (1 species).
