Enicospilus senescens ( Tosquinet, 1896 )

Gadallah, Neveen S., Soliman, Ahmed M., Rousse, Pascal & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2017, The genus Enicospilus Stephens, 1835 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) in Saudi Arabia, with twelve new species records and the description of five new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 365, pp. 1-69 : 45

Enicospilus senescens ( Tosquinet, 1896)

Figs 5A , 8E , 12E , 16E , 20E , 27B , 31E

Ophion (Allocamptus) senescens Tosquinet, 1896: 375 , ♂.

O. (Allocamptus) infuscatus Tosquinet, 1896: 373 , ♂.

Allocamptus rapax Seyrig, 1935: 50 , ♀.

Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978)

B 18–20; F 11–17; ML 0.1–0.2; CT 1.4–1.8; OOL 0.1, POL 0.45; FI 0.6–0.7; Fl1–2 1.5–1.6; Fl20 2.5–2.7; AI 1.1–1.65; ICI 0.7–1.0; CI 0.8–1.0; SDI 1.6–1.8; NI 2.5.

Body entirely reddish to orange, orbits pale yellowish; mandible with upper tooth about 1.25 × as long as lower tooth; clypeus slightly convex in profile, ventral margin slightly in-turned; face 1.2 × as long as wide; antenna with 51–62 flagellomeres; meso- and metapleura puncto-striate; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct, anterior area of propodeum nearly smooth to superficially shagreened, posterior area coarsely reticulate; disco-submarginal cell of fore wing without alar sclerites, Rs+2 r strongly sinuate proximally; hind wing with 5–8 distal hamuli on R1; fore tibia sparsely setose.

Material examined

SAUDI ARABIA: 2 ♀♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 6, 26 Aug. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( EFC); 1 ♂, Raydah (Asir), light trap 9, 21 Feb. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 3, 20 Oct. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 9, 30 Jan. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 4, 31 Jul. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), light trap 1, 2 Sep. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♂, Raydah (Asir), light trap 7, 5 Sep. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA).

Distribution

Togo, Ghana, Ethiopia, Angola, Central African Republic, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978), Democratic Republic of Congo, Benin, South Africa, Zimbabwe ( Yu et al. 2012), Gabon ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978; van Noort 2004); Saudi Arabia (new records).

Figures

Fig. 5. Lateral habitus. A. Enicospilus senescens (Tosquinet, 1896). B. E. shadaensis Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. C. E. splendidus Rousse, Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. D. E. sp. 2 cf. bicoloratus Cameron, 1915. E. E. sp. 1. Scale bar = 2.5 mm.

Fig. 8. Anterior view of head. A. Enicospilus pacificus (Holmgren, 1868). B. E. pallidus (Taschenberg, 1875). C. E. pseudoculator Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. D. E. rundiensis Bischoff, 1915. E. E. senescens (Tosquinet, 1896). F. E. shadaensis Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov.

Fig. 12. Lateral view of head. A. Enicospilus pacificus (Holmgren, 1868). B. E. pallidus (Taschenberg, 1875). C. E. pseudoculator Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. D. E. rundiensis Bischoff, 1915. E. E. senescens (Tosquinet, 1896). F. E. shadaensis Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov.

Fig. 16. Lateral aspect of mesosoma. A. Enicospilus pacificus (Holmgren, 1868). B. E. pallidus (Taschenberg, 1875). C. E. pseudoculator Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. D. E. rundiensis Bischoff, 1915. E. E. senescens (Tosquinet, 1896). F. E. shadaensis Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov.

Fig. 20. Propodeum. A. Enicospilus pacificus (Holmgren, 1868). B. E. pallidus (Taschenberg, 1875). C. E. pseudoculator Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. D. E. rundiensis Bischoff, 1915. E. E. senescens (Tosquinet, 1896). F. E. shadaensis Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov.

Fig. 27. Fore wing. A. Enicospilus rundiensis Bischoff, 1915. B. E. senescens (Tosquinet, 1896). C. E. shadaensis Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Fig. 31. Hind tarsal claw. A. Enicospilus pacificus (Holmgren, 1868). B. E. pallidus (Taschenberg, 1875). C. E. pseudoculator Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. D. E. rundiensis Bischoff, 1915. E. E. senescens (Tosquinet, 1896). F. E. shadaensis Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov.