Enicospilus oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978

Figs 4D, 7F, 11F, 15F, 19F, 25C, 30F

Enicospilus oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978: 67, ♀, ♂.

Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978)

B 21–23; F 13–15; ML 0.2; CT 1.4; OOL 0.02, POL 0.3; FI 0.45–0.6; Fl1–2 1.7–2.0; Fl20 1.9–2.1; AI 0.6–0.8; ICI 0.51–0.73; CI 0.5; SDI 1.19; NI 2.0.

Body reddish brown overall, vertex, face (including clypeus) and a narrow area along posterior border of head pale yellowish, mandibular teeth black; antennae reddish brown; legs yellowish orange; mandible dark and with subequal teeth; clypeus flat in profile, with ventral margin straight or truncate; face finely densely punctate, 1.1–1.25 × as high as wide; antenna with 55–58 flagellomeres; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct, anterior area of propodeum finely and superficially punctate, posterior area coarsely transversely striate; disco-submarginal cell without any alar sclerites; Rs+2 r straight; hind wing with 5–7 distal hamuli on R1; fore tibia sparsely spinose.

Material examimed

SAUDI ARABIA: 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap (House), 31 Jul. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (EFC); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 3, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 7, 20 Oct. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 6, 21 Oct. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 6, 7 May 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 9, 7 May 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA).

BOLD Identification Number

ADB4116.

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Yemen (Gauld & Mitchell 1978; Yu et al. 2012); Saudi Arabia (new record).