A new species of Gnamptodon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Telengaiinae) from Israel

A new species of parasitoid wasp, Gnamptodon avigail Pisanty sp. n. (Braconidae: Telengaiinae), is described from northern Israel, its distribution presumably extending south to Saudi Arabia based on genetic barcodes and photographs. The species is associated with Christ’s thorn jujube, Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Desf. (Rhamnaceae), a drought-tolerant tree, and most likely attacks nepticulid leaf-mining moths feeding on the tree’s foliage. This is the first species of subfamily Telengaiinae to be reported from the region of the Levant.