The parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of five Kermes species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kermesidae) in Israel.

During the years 2010 to 2013, parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) were collected in Israel from five Kermes species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kermesidae), namely, Kermes echinatus Balachowsky , K. greeni Bodenheimer , K. hermonensis Spodek and Ben-Dov, K. nahalali Bodenheimer and K. spatulatus Balachowsky . These collections resulted in thirteen parasitoid species including four species that are new to science: Aprostocetus bendovi Japoshvili sp.n., A. ghanimi Japoshvili sp.n., A. mendeli Japoshvili sp.n. and A. protasovi Japoshvili sp.n., seven new records for Israel, and nine species with sixteen new scale insect hosts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]