Hormius moniliatus (Nees, 1811)

(Figs 1 (localities 5–7, 9), 3E, 4A, B, 5C, 9A, F, 10A)

Bracon moniliatus Nees, 1811: 36 (not 1912)

Body length: 2.9 mm. (excluding ovipositor)

Coloration: Head, pronotum, mesoscutum, prosternum, mesopleuron and metasoma (except T1) dark reddish brown, rest black; basal half of antenna dark yellow to brown; legs and ovipositor yellow; apical half of antenna and T1 dark brown to black (paler laterally); mesosternum black; posterior margin of T2–4 narrowly dark brown; wing hyaline with yellowish to pale brown veins, pterostigma yellow at base and dark brown apically, abdominal sternites as well as palpi pale yellow.

Diagnosis. Eye in dorsal view 2.1 × as long as temple; OOL: OD: POL = 31: 10: 11; malar space 1.3 × as long as basal width of mandible; antenna 19-segmented, F1 1.2 × as long as F2, and 2.5 × its width apically, last flagellomere more or less pointed apically; occipital carina thin and sharp, reaching hypostomal cavity; temple smooth, more or less narrow behind the eye; maxillary palp 0.72 × as long as head height; mesosoma 1.85 × as long as its height; mesoscutum smooth and shiny, rugulose posteriorly, with deep linear notauli extending to posterior margin, convergent posteriorly; propodeum coarsely rugose, with narrow areola (may be indistinct due to sculpturing); propleuron with weak rugose sculpture, mesopleuron almost smooth and shiny, mesosternum with a deep longitudinal median sulcus; Radial cell of fore wing long, reaching apex of the wing, r 0.65 × as long as width of pterostigma; r: 3-SR: SRl = 16: 23: 72; hind wing: 2-SC+R: 1 r-m = 0.76; metacoxa about 2 × as large as mesocoxa, not reaching second metasomal segment; metasoma 1.44 × as long as its maximum width; T1 1.52 × as long as its apical width, coarsely punctate; metasomal T2 larger than the rest of tergites; ovipositor sheath about as long as T1 (when seen laterally), slightly less than 0.16 × fore wing length, 0.8 × width of T1 posteriorly and 0.26 × metasomal length, with the same setae density along its whole length.

Remarks: The specimens described from Iran (Ameri et al. 2016) are generally darker, with more black, especially on mesosoma. In our specimens, as well as in the previous description and illustrations of this species: the outline of T1 somewhat slightly varies, its surface never smooth (at least moderately rugose).

Material examined: 1♀, Farafrah Oasis, El-Garad [27°03.16” N, 27°58.78” E] (see Fig.1, locality 5), xii.2013, sweep net (on Medicago sativa), leg. Usama Abu El Ghiet ; 1♀, Marsa Matrouh, Alifa [31°17’53.55” N, 25°55’ 14.52” E] (see Fig. 1, locality 9), 24.iii.2014, sweep net, leg. Yusuf Edmardash ; 1♀, Hurghada, El Ghaba El Shagari- ya [27°12’N, 33°49’E] (Fig. 1, locality 7), 24.iv.2016, leg. Y. Edmardash & N. Gadallah ; 1♀, Farafrah Oasis, Gel- gam [27°05’444” N, 27°58’830” E] (Fig.1, locality 6), 25.iv.2014, sweep net (on Medicago sativa), leg. Usama Abu El Ghiet.

General distribution: distributed in the Nearctic, Oceanic, Oriental, and Palaearctic regions (Yu et al. 2016).