Subfamily Pimplinae Wesmael, 1845

: Ghahari, Hassan; Kolarov, Janko; Gadallah, Neveen S.; Zwakhals, Kees; Di Giovanni, Filippo; Shaw, Scott R.; Mohammadi-Khoramabadi, Abbas; Jussila, Reijo

: Ghahari, Hassan; Gadallah, Neveen S.; Shaw, Scott R.

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Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland

: 2026

: Darwin Wasps of the Middle East (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) : Taxonomy, Distribution, Bioecology, and Biocontrol Benefits

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: 1229

: 978-3-031-88199-2

: 978-3-031-88200-5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-88200-5_31

: 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).