Enicospilus oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978

Gadallah, Neveen S., Soliman, Ahmed M., Rousse, Pascal & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2017, The genus Enicospilus Stephens, 1835 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) in Saudi Arabia, with twelve new species records and the description of five new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 365, pp. 1-69 : 36

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).

Figures

Fig. 4. Lateral habitus. A. Enicospilus nervellator Aubert, 1966. B. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. C. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. D. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1976. E. E. pacificus (Holmgren, 1868). F. E. pallidus (Taschenberg, 1875). G. E. pseudoculator Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. H. E. rundiensis Bischoff, 1915. Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Fig. 7. Anterior view of head. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 11. Lateral view of head. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 15. Lateral aspect of meososoma. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 19. Propodeum. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 25. Fore wing. A. Enicospilus oculator Seyrig, 1935. B. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. C. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Fig. 30. Hind tarsal claw. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.