Doganlar, M.Mendel, Z.2024-09-182024-09-1820070334-2123https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02980695https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/8197The Eucalyptus gall wasp Ophelimus maskelli (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae: Ophelimini) and its introduced parasitoid Closterocerus chainaeleon (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) are recorded for the first time in the Mediterranean and Aegean Regions of Turkey. Some morphological characters of adult and larva of 0. inask-elli and larva of C. chamaeleon are described and illustrated. Distributions of the two wasps collected in Turkey are given. Results indicate that the biological control agent, C. chainaeleon, has spread over 1,300 km in the 16 months since its initial release.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessbiological controlClosterocerus chamaeleoneucalyptusOphelimus maskelliArticle35433333510.1007/BF029806952-s2.0-34548362103Q2WOS:000249133600003Q4