Leptomastix dactylopii Howard

Leptomastix dactylopii Howard, 1885: 23 –24, ♀, ♂. USA. Noyes & Hayat, 1994: 289 –296, diagnosis, key, hosts, distribution.

Material examined. KSA: AL-BAHA: Qunfudah, vi.2012, (MT), Coll. Z. Ahmad (1 ♀, 1 ♂) (ZDAMU). Comments. This species is widely distributed, but mainly because it was introduced into some countries for the biocontrol of the mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso) . It is newly recorded from Saudi Arabia .