ANNOTATED CHECK-LIST OF PTEROMALIDAE (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA) OF MOROCCO. PART II

In this second part, we present the subfamily Pteromalinae in Morocco, which includes 86 species belonging to 50 genera. Fifteen genera and 37 species are listed for the first time in the Moroccan fauna, among which 9 have been newly identified, 24 have been found in the bibliography and 4 deposited in natural history museums. An updated list of Moroccan species is given, including their distribution by regions, their general distribution and their hosts.

General distribution. Palaearctic Region, Canada, United States of America.
General distribution. Palaearctic Region.
General distribution. Palaearctic Region, Canada, and New Zealand.
General distribution. Endemic species of Morocco.
General distribution. India, Afrotropical and Palaearctic Regions.
General distribution. Nearctic and Palaearctic Region.
General distribution. Western Palaearctic Region, New Zealand and United States of America.
General distribution. Palaearctic Region.
General distribution. Palaearctic Region.
General distribution. Palaearctic Region.
General distribution. Palaearctic Region.
General distribution. Endemic species of Morocco.
General distribution. Canada and Palaearctic Region.
General distribution. Palaearctic Region.
General distribution. Palaearctic Region.
General distribution. Afrotropical Region, Canary Islands, Madeira and Morocco.
General distribution. Australia, India, Neotropical and Palaearctic Regions.
General distribution. Ethiopia, India and Palaearctic Region.
General distribution. Endemic to Morocco.
General distribution. United States of America and Palaearctic Region.
General distribution. Palaearctic Region.
However, by comparison with the catalogue of Noyes (2020), the entomofauna of Pteromalidae has been increased for Morocco by 1 subfamily, 19 genera and 29 species that we found in bibliography but have never been catalogued as Moroccan chalcids. In addition, we have identified at least 2 species that are probably new for science: Erythromalus sp., and Gastrancistrus aff. vagans Westwood, 1833. If confirmed, their descriptions will be published in a later paper. However, a list composed of all the genera and species recorded in Morocco so far are presented in the Appendix.
Knowing that Morocco is one of the world's hotspots (Secretary of State for the Environment Morocco, 2009), despite the fact that entomological studies are rare, this research is of considerable importance in providing information that helps researchers discover, maintain and act to protect the country's biodiversity and environment. These insects play an important role in the biological control of serious agricultural and forest pests and many of them are employed successfully in biological control programs all over the world (Bouček & Rasplus, 1991;Sureshan & Narendran, 2003). For this reason, determining the species diversity in different regions of Morocco and their conservation are necessary. In this sense the present research has been carried out and should serve as a pilot study that could be extended to other parts of the kingdom.