Enicospilus dubius ( Tosquinet, 1896 )

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 : 17-22

Enicospilus dubius ( Tosquinet, 1896)

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Ophion (Enicospilus) dubius Tosquinet, 1896: 390 , ♀.

Ophion (Enicospilus) anceps Tosquinet, 1896: 392 , ♂.

Henicospilus angustatus Szépligeti, 1906: 136 , ♀.

Amesospilus gulosus Seyrig, 1935: 60 , ♀.

Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978)

B17–19; F 11–16; ML 0.2–0.3; CT 1.4–1.6; OOL 0.2; POL 0.53; FI 0.6–0.65; Fl1–2 1.6–1.8; Fl20 2.5–3.0; AI 1.1–2.0; CI 0.5–0.7; ICI 0.25–0.45; SDI 1.29–1.5; NI 1.88.

Body including antennae and legs reddish brown, metasoma darker in colour, orbits paler; mandible with upper tooth 1.4–1.5 × as long as lower tooth; clypeus convex in profile, with ventral margin in-turned; face 1.3 × as high as wide; antenna with 52–61 flagellomeres; mesopleuron impunctate, longitudinally striate, metapleuron finely transversely striate; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct, anterior area nearly smooth or finely rugose, posterior area concentrically rugose; proximal sclerite triangular, fully sclerotized; central sclerite totally absent, distal sclerite small, crescent - shaped; hind wing with 6–8 distal hamuli on R1; fore tibia not spinose.

Material examined

SAUDI ARABIA: 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap (House), 27 Apr. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( EFC); 2 ♀♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 7, 20 Feb. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 1, 27 Apr. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 2 ♀♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 4, 26−27 Apr. 2014 leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂, Raydah (Asir), light trap 3, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 3 ♀♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 4, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 5, 20 Oct. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 5, 18 Nov. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 8, 18 Nov. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 2 ♀♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 9, 18 Nov. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA).

BOLD Identification Number

ABD4296.

Distribution

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978; Yu et al. 2012), Madagascar ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978; Madl 1996; Yu et al. 2012), Réunion ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978; Rousse & Villemant 2012; Yu et al. 2012); Saudi Arabia (new record).

Figures

Fig. 3. Lateral habitus. A. Enicospilus arabicus Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. B. E. bicoloratus Cameron, 1912. C. E. brevicornis (Masi, 1939). D. E. capensis (Thunberg, 1822). E. E. divisus (Seyrig, 1935). F. E. dubius (Tosquinet, 1896). G. E. grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. H. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Fig. 6. Anterior view of head. A. Enicospilus arabicus Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. B. E. bicoloratus Cameron, 1912. C. E. brevicornis (Masi, 1939). D. E. capensis (Thunberg, 1822). E. E. divisus (Seyrig, 1935). F. E. dubius (Tosquinet, 1896).

Fig. 10. Lateral view of head. A. Enicospilus arabicus Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. B. E. bicoloratus Cameron, 1912. C. E. brevicornis (Masi, 1939). D. E. capensis (Thunberg, 1822). E. E. divisus (Seyrig, 1935). F. E. dubius (Tosquinet, 1896).

Fig. 14. Lateral aspect of mesosoma. A. Enicospilus arabicus Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. B. E. bicoloratus Cameron, 1912. C. E. brevicornis (Masi, 1939). D. E. capensis (Thunberg, 1822). E. E. divisus (Seyrig, 1935). F. E. dubius (Tosquinet, 1896).

Fig. 18. Propodeum. A. Enicospilus arabicus Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. B. E. bicoloratus Cameron, 1912. C. E. brevicornis (Masi, 1939). D. E. capensis (Thunberg, 1822). E. E. divisus (Seyrig, 1935). F. E. dubius (Tosquinet, 1896).

Fig. 23. Fore wing. A. Enicospilus capensis (Thunberg, 1822). B. E. divisus (Seyrig, 1935). C. E. dubius (Tosquinet, 1896). Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Fig. 29. Hind tarsal claws. A. Enicospilus arabicus Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. B. E. bicoloratus Cameron, 1912. C. E. brevicornis (Masi, 1939). D. E. capensis (Thunberg, 1822). E. E. divisus (Seyrig, 1935). F. E. dubius (Tosquinet, 1896).