New record of the parasitoid wasp Monodontomerus Obscurus Westwood, 1833 (hymenoptera, torymidae)‎ in Iraq

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This article reveals the first record of the parasitoid wasp, Monodontomerus obscurus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) from Iraq.

A total of 27 specimens were emerged from mud nests of sphecoid wasp of Sceliphron sp.

(Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), that collected from a wall at a residential garden in Dohuk province.

A short morphological description is presented.