The genus Enicospilus Stephens, 1835 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) in Saudi Arabia, with twelve new species records and the description of five new species
Gadallah, Neveen S.
Soliman, Ahmed M.
Rousse, Pascal
Al Dhafer, Hathal M.
European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
2017-11-09
365
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4BV9
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Stephens
1835
[691,833,266,293]
Insecta
Ichneumonidae
Enicospilus
GBIF
Animalia
Hymenoptera
60
61
Arthropoda
genus
Figs 5E, 9C, 13C, 17C, 21C, 28C, 32C
Diagnosis B 18–20; F 13; AI0.2; ICI 0.55; CI 0.4; SDI 1.2; NI 1.7; ML 0.4; CT 2.0; POL 0.6; OOL 0.1; FI 0.5; Fl1–2 1.5; Fl20 2.0. Body reddish brown overall, with pale yellow on posterior border of eye, vertex and orbits (just above eye emargination), pterostigma of fore wing yellow, all wing veins black; mandible twisted, upper tooth distinctly 2.0 ×as long as lower tooth, outer surface fringed with fine setae; clypeus convex in profile, ventral margin in-turned; face subquadrate, 1.1 ×as high as wide, finely punctate, with spaces between punctures equal to puncture diameter or slightly more; occipital carina complete; gena constricted behind eye; ocelli enlarged; antenna with 52 flagellomeres; pronotum simple, unspecialized; mesopleuron densely finely punctate, somewhat coarser on metapleuron; epicnemial carina weak; postpectal carina complete; notauli indistinct; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct, anterior area superficially finely punctate, posterior area areolate; proximal sclerite well sclerotized, central sclerite weakly sclerotized proximally; hind wing with 7 distal hamuli on R1; metasoma densely covered with pale fine and short setae.
Material examined SAUDI ARABIA: 1 ♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al.( KSMA).
Remarks This species is characterized by its dark colour and very strongly convex clypeus, which are uncommon features. Comparing with other Afrotropical species with an ill-defined central sclerite gives no results, meaning that it could be either an Orientalor Mediterranean species, so we add it here as Enicospilussp. awaiting collection of further specimens.
Distribution Saudi Arabia.