title: A review of the family Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Egypt, with thirty three new records.
abstract: A checklist of Eulophidae (excluding Entiinae) is presented based primarily on a total of 155 specimens collected from 23 localities in Egypt during the period of April 2012 to June 2014, mostly by sweep net. Altogether, 55 species in 22 genera and 3 subfamilies (Entedoninae, Eulophinae and Tetrastichinae) are recorded, of which 6 genera (Dicladocerus Westwood, Euplectrus Westwood, Entedon Dalman, Neotrichoporoides Girault, Sigmophora Rondani and Sympiesis Förster) and 33 species (60%) are newly reported for Egypt. The valid name and world distribution of each species are given; local distributions and host records for species previously recorded from Egypt are also given. Most of the species have a distribution characterized as Palaearctic, Afrotropical, or Indo-Malayan. About 4% are cosmopolitan in distribution.
authors.affiliation: Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.; Email: n_gadallah@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Neveen S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Gadallah
authors.affiliation: Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Ulyanovsk, Russia.; Email: eulophids@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Zoya A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Yefremova
authors.affiliation: Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Ulyanovsk, Russia.; Email: egorenkova80@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Ekaterina N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Yegorenkova
authors.affiliation: Zoology Department, Faculty of Science (Boys,), Al-Azhar University,P.O. Box 11884, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.; Email: ammsoliman@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ahmed M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Soliman
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Usama M Abu
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: El-Ghiet
authors.affiliation: Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.; Email: edmardash@sci.cu.edu.eg.
authors.forename: Yusuf A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Edmardash
authors.affiliation: Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.; Email: edmardash@sci.cu.edu.eg.
authors.forename: Yusuf A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Edmardash
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D057189:Checklist; D017753:Ecosystem; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size