Enicospilus pallidus (Taschenberg, 1875)

Figs 4F, 8B, 12B, 16B, 20B, 26B, 31B

Ophion pallidus Taschenberg, 1875: 436, ♀.

Henicospilus damarensis Cameron, 1906: 81, ♀.

Henicospilus sinicarinatus Enderlein, 1914: 218, ♂.

Henicospilus techowi Enderlein, 1918: 219, ♂.

Henicospilus dinteri Enderlein, 1918: 220, ♀.

Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978)

B 22; F 12–15; ML 0.27; CT 1.66; OOL 0.04, POL 0.5; FI 0.5; Fl1–2 1.78; Fl20 1.5; AI 0.8; ICI 0.66; CI 0.33; SDI 1.27; NI 2.5.

Body including coxae pale yellow overall, metasoma slightly darker ventrally; mesoscutum with median brown stripe extending over anterior half; remaining parts of legs light brown; pterostigma yellowish; proximal and distal wing sclerites yellowish brown; mandible with upper tooth 1.3 × as long as lower tooth; clypeus flat in profile, ventral margin truncate; face 1.2 × as high as wide; antenna with 60–65 flagellomeres; mesopleuron finely puncto-striate, metapleuron finely punctate; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct, anterior area smooth, posterior area irregularly arcuately wrinkled; disco- submarginal cell of fore wing with triangular proximal sclerite, central sclerite crescent-shape, weakly sclerotized proximally and large, with maximal length larger than distance to Rs+2r; hind wing with 7 distal hamuli on R1; fore tibia sparsely spinose.

Material examined

SAUDI ARABIA: 1 ♀, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), light trap 6, 15 Feb. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA).

BOLD Identification Number

AAI5153.

Distribution

Namibia, Sierra Leone (Gauld & Mitchell 1978), Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan (Gauld & Mitchell 1978; Yu et al. 2012), Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan (Yu et al. 2012), Tanzania (Rousse & van Noort 2014); Saudi Arabia (new record).