Enicospilus bicoloratus Cameron, 1912

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 : 11-12

Enicospilus bicoloratus Cameron, 1912

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

E. bicoloratus Cameron, 1912: 388 , ♂.

Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978)

B 19; F 12–15; ML 0.4; CT 1.4; OOL 0.1; POL 0.5; FI 0.5–0.6; Fl1–2 1.6–1.8; Fl20 2.3–2.6; AI 0.45– 0.95; CI 0.35–0.6; ICI 0.4–0.6; SDI 1.2–1.4; NI 2.6.

Body yellowish brown to orange, orbits paler; mandible with upper tooth 1.1–1.5 × as long as lower tooth; clypeus convex in profile, with ventral margin in-turned; face 1.2 × as high as wide; antenna with 50–56 flagellomeres; mesopleuron and metapleuron finely densely punctate; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct, anterior area of propodeum punctate or nearly so, posterior area coarsely

striate; proximal sclerite triangular and moderately extended distally; central sclerite small, circular and uniformly sclerotized; hind wing with 5–7 distal hamuli on R1; fore tibia not spinose.

Material examined

SAUDI ARABIA: 1 ♀, Wadi Ghanuna (Al Baha), sweep net, 12 May 2011, leg. Fadl et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 9, 26 Aug. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 5, 21 Oct. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 9, 17 Nov. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA).

Distribution

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978; Yu et al. 2012), Zimbabwe ( Rousse & van Noort 2014); 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. 22. Fore wing. A. Enicospilus arabicus Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. B. E. bicoloratus Cameron, 1912. C. E. brevicornis (Masi, 1939). 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).