Enicospilus brevicornis (Masi, 1939)

Figs 3C, 6C, 10C, 14C, 18C, 22C, 29C

Amesospilus brevicornis Masi, 1939: 32, ♀.

Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978)

B 13–17; F 11–14; ML 0.3; CT 1.4–1.5; OOL 0.1; POL 0.58; FI 0.5–0.55; Fl1–2 1.7–1.9; Fl20 1.2–1.6; AI 0.4–1.0; CI 0.15–0.25; ICI 0.5–0.7; SDI 1.1–1.2; NI 2.0.

Body reddish brown overall, with upper and ventral sides of metasoma (in profile) black starting from T3; yellowish white in the following parts: posterior orbits of eyes, very thin along orbits (except upper third); pterostigma and most of Rs+2 r light red in colour; mandible with upper tooth subequal to lower one; clypeus slightly convex in profile, with ventral margin slightly in-turned; face 1.3 × as high as broad; antenna with 43–47 flagellomeres; mesopleuron and metapleuron puncto-striate and longitudinally striate; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct, anterior area nearly smooth to finely transversely sculptured, posterior area concentrically striate; proximal sclerite triangular, fully sclerotized; central sclerite totally absent; hind wing with 7–8 distal hamuli on R1; fore tibia sparsely setose.

Material examined

SAUDI ARABIA: 10 ♀♀, Raydah (Abha), sweep net, on olive, 26 Aug. 2014 (leg. Al Dhafer et al.); 3 ♀♀, same data but on Juniper (EFC); 2 ♀♀, Raydah (Abha), light trap 4, 27 Apr. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 2 ♀♀, Raydah (Abha), light trap 7, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♂, Raydah (Abha), light trap 8, 21 Feb. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Abha), light trap (House), 26 Apr. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Wadi Bisha (K. Mushayt), sweep net, 27 Apr. 2014, leg. Sharaf et al. (KSMA).

Previous records from Saudi Arabia

Asir (Gauld & Mitchell 1978).

BOLD Identification Number

ADB3412.

Distribution

Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa (Gauld & Mitchell 1978), Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Sudan, Uganda, Yemen (Yu et al. 2012).