Enicospilus pseudoculator Gadallah & Soliman 2017

Johansson, Niklas, Ameri, Ali, Riedel, Matthias, Talebi, Ali Asghar & Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, 2021, Contribution to the Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Iran with the description of 16 new species and an illustrated key to the Eremotylus of the Western Palaearctic, Zootaxa 5023 (2), pp. 151-206 : 166

Enicospilus pseudoculator Gadallah & Soliman 2017

Enicospilus pseudoculator Gadallah & Soliman 2017 :39,44; Figs 4G , 8C , 12C , 16C , 20C , 26C, 31C holotype ♀ from Saudi Arabia. Type material studied through illustrations in Gadallah et al. (2017).

Material examined: IRAN: 2♂♂, Hormozgan Province, Sirik 70 km North of Minab, 19 Apr. 1992, 170 m . a. s., Mirz. / Badii leg. ( HMIM) ; 1 unsexed specimen, Hormozgan Province, Jazireh-e Larak , 6 Mar. 1999, Gh. / Manz. leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Kerman Province, 25 km E. of Jiroft ( Mijan ), 28˚42"N, 57˚57"E, 27 May 2014, Mi. Halada leg. ( OÖLM) .

Remarks: Recently described based on material collected in Saudi Arabia ( Gadallah et al. 2017). Very closely related to Enicospilus affinis Hedwig, 1957 stat. rev. with minor differences in coloration. The two species may be conspecific (see remarks under E. affinis ). Enicospilus pseudoculator has also previously been recorded from Iran under the erroneous name Enicospilus monostigma (Vollenhoven, 1879) in Ameri et al. (2016, Figs 5A–F ).

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FIGURE 4. Enicospilus apocalypticus Johansson sp. nov. holotype ♀ (HMIM). A) Habitus, lateral view; B) head, anterior view; C) head, dorsal view; D) apical flagellomeres; E) alar sclerites; F) hind tarsal claws; G) propodeum, dorsal view. Photos: Niklas Johansson.

FIGURE 5. Enicospilus haladai Johansson sp. nov. holotype ♀ (HMIM). A) Habitus, lateral view; B) mandibular teeth; C) apical flagellomeres; D) head, anterior view; E) alar sclerites. Photos: Niklas Johansson.

FIGURE 8. Female lectotype of Enicospilus stenopsis Kohl, 1905 (NHMW). A) Habitus, lateral view; B) labels; C) head, lateral view; D) head, anterior view; E) alar sclerites; F) hind tibia spurs. Photos: Dominique Zimmermann.

FIGURE 12. A) Ophion golestanicus Johansson sp. nov., holotype ♀ (ZSM), head anterior view; B) Ophion golestanicus sp. nov., holotype, mesosoma and head in lateral view; C) Ophion minutus Kriechbaumer (specimen from Iran, MR), head anterior view; D) Ophion minutus, mesosoma and head in lateral view; E) Ophion golestanicus sp. nov. female, apical flagellomeres; F) Ophion minutus female, apical flagellomeres. Photos: Niklas Johansson.

FIGURE 16. A) Ophion rufoniger Kohl, ♀, mesosoma and head, lateral view; B) Ophion rufoniger, head of ♀, lateral view; C) Ophion semipullatus Kokujev, mesosoma and head of ♀, lateral view; D) Ophion semipullatus, head of ♀, lateral view; E) Ophion semipullatus, head of ♀, anterior view; F) Ophion rufoniger, head of ♀, anterior view. Photos: Niklas Johansson.

FIGURE 20. Holotype female of Enicospilus transcarinatus Johansson sp. nov. (ZSM). A) Habitus, lateral view; B) scutellum and propodeum, dorsal view; C) head, anterior view; D) pleurosternal angles; E) head, dorsal view. Photos: Niklas Johansson.