Adana, Türkiye'den bulunan yeni bir Muscidifurax Girault & Sanders, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) türü

Adana, Yüreğir’de 2007 yılında Muscidifurax Girault & Sanders, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) cinsine ait Palearktik Bölgedeki üçüncü bir türü bulunmuş ve Muscidifurax adanacus n. sp. olarak isimlendirilip tanımlanmıştır. Bu türün ayırt edici özelliklerinin fotoğrafları dijital kamera yardımıyla mikroskoptan çekilmiştir. Bu yeni tür, cinsin diğer türleri ile karşılaştırılarak benzer türlerin özellikleri tartışılmıştır. 

A new species of Muscidifurax Girault & Sanders, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from Adana province, Turkey

In 2007 a new species of the genus Muscidifurax Girault & Sanders, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), Muscidifurax adanacus n. sp., was found from Yüreğir-Adana as a third species of the genus in the Palearctic Region. The new species is described and its diagnostic characters are illustrated, and its systematic position is discussed

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