Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973

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 : 22-23

Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973

Figs 3G , 7A , 11A , 15A , 19A , 24A , 30A

Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973: 177 [replacement name for grandis Morley ]. Henicospilus grandis Morley, 1912: 41 , ♂.

Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978)

B 26–30; F 17–19; ML 0.3; CT 1.5–1.7; OOL 0.1; POL 0.5; FI 0.65–0.7; Fl1–2 1.6–2.1; Fl20 1.3–1.5; AI 0.65–0.9; ICI 0.85–0.9; CI 0.22; SDI 1.1–1.2; NI 1.4.

Body predominately light yellow, metasoma darkened dorsally and apically; pterostigma and sclerites light yellow, wing venation black, tip of mandible black; mandible slightly twisted, with upper tooth about 2.0 × as long as lower tooth; clypeus flat in profile, with straight to truncate free margin; face subquadrate, 1.1–1.4 × as high as wide; antenna with 54–60 flagellomeres; mesopleuron closely punctate to puncto-striate, metapleuron coarsely transversely rugose; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct, anterior area of propodeum finely rugose, posterior area coarsely and concentrically striate; proximal sclerite obtusely angled without distal extension, central sclerite totally absent; hind wing with distal 7–8 hamuli on R1; fore tibia sparsely spinose; claws with black, regular and equal-sized comb of teeth, slightly shorter than claw length, shortened near base.

Material examined

SAUDI ARABIA: 1 ♂, Raydah (Asir), light trap, on Cactus , 11 Dec. 2014, leg.? ( EFC); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap (House), 5 Sep. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( EFC); 1 ♂, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), light trap (House), 3 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( EFC); 1 ♀, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), light trap 4, 3 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( EFC); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap (House), 8 Nov. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( EFC); 2 ♂♂, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), sweep net on Acacia , 15 Nov. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♂, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), light trap 4, 21 Apr. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 2 ♂♂, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), light trap (House), 15 Nov. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, Raydah (Asir), light trap 9, 17−18 Nov. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA).

BOLD Identification Number

AAI5204.

Distribution

Madagascar,South EastAfrica( Gauld&Mitchell 1978), Réunion,SouthAfrica( Rousse&Villemant2012; Rousse & van Noort 2014), Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe ( Yu et al. 2012); Saudi Arabia (new record).

Figures

Fig. 3. Lateral habitus. A. Enicospilus arabicus Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. B. E. bicoloratus Cameron, 1912. C. E. brevicornis (Masi, 1939). D. E. capensis (Thunberg, 1822). E. E. divisus (Seyrig, 1935). F. E. dubius (Tosquinet, 1896). G. E. grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. H. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Fig. 7. Anterior view of head. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 11. Lateral view of head. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 15. Lateral aspect of meososoma. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 19. Propodeum. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 24. Fore wing. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Fig. 30. Hind tarsal claw. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.