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).