Leucospis elegans Klug, 1834

Ahmad, Syed Kamran, Usman, Syeda Uzma, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Dawah, Hassan A., Rizvi, Parvez Qamar & Anwar, Prince Tarique, 2024, An overview of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) of the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species, ZooKeys 1189, pp. 185-202 : 185

Leucospis elegans Klug, 1834

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Leucospis elegans Klug, 1834: 26. Holotype, female (ZMHU), Yemen, not examined.

Materials examined.

2♀, 1♂. Saudi Arabia • Jazan, Farasan Island, Aziz Yousef Village ; 16°40'N, 42°50'E; 3 m alt .; 2♀ (on cards, one pair of fore wing of one female specimen on slide under 1 coverslip, slide No. HYM.04; one pair of fore wing and antenna of other female specimen on slide under 2 coverslips, slide No. HYM.05), 15.v.2017; S.K. Ahmad leg. ; 1♂ (on card, one pair of fore wing and antenna on slide under 2 coverslips, slide No. HYM.10), 1.ii.2015; H.A. Dawah leg. ; ZDAMU.

Remarks.

This is the first record of L. elegans from Saudi Arabia. However, Bouček (1974) included it in the fauna of Saudi Arabia but referred to Arabia Felix, which is a former name for Yemen. He briefly provided a diagnosis of L. elegans and described the male for the first time.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Afrotropical, Palaearctic, Oriental ( Klug 1834; Bouček 1959, 1974; Narendran 1986; Schmid-Egger 2010; Madl and Schwarz 2014; Gadallah et al. 2018). Yemen (as Arabia Felix; Bouček 1974). Saudi Arabia (new record).

Figures

Figure 5. Leucospis elegans Klug, female, habitus A lateral view B dorsal view.

Figure 6. Leucospis elegans Klug, males, habitus, lateral view A reddish brown-yellow morph B dark brown-pale yellow morph.