Leucospis arabica Gadallah & Soliman, 2018

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 arabica Gadallah & Soliman, 2018

Fig. 4

Leucospis arabica Gadallah & Soliman in Gadallah et al. 2018: 2079, female, male. Holotype, female (KSMA), Saudi Arabia (Jazan, Farasan Islands), not examined.

Materials examined.

8♀, 9♂. Saudi Arabia • Jazan, Farasan Island, Aziz Yousef Village ; 16°40'N, 42°50'E; 3 m alt .; 6♀, 9♂ (each on cards; 2 females, 1 male with one pair of wings on slide under 1 coverslip, slide No. HYM.02, 03, 11), 15.v.2017; S.K. Ahmad leg. ; 2♀ (on cards); 13.v.2017; H.A. Dawah leg.; ZDAMU.

Remarks.

The examined specimens were collected from the type locality and differ from the holotype in size. The females were 5-15 mm long and males 2-10 mm long. In both sexes, the size of the yellow patch on the metafemur varies minute to broad.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Saudi Arabia: Jazan (Farasan Islands) and Egypt (Sinai Peninsula).

Figures

Figure 4. Leucospis arabica Gadallah & Soliman, habitus A female, lateral view B male, lateral view.