Mimodoryctes arabicus Edmardash, Gadallah & Soliman, 2020

Belokobylskij, Sergey A. & Achterberg, Cornelis Van, 2021, Review of the braconid parasitoid subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, European Journal of Taxonomy 765 (1), pp. 1-143 : 28

Mimodoryctes arabicus Edmardash, Gadallah & Soliman, 2020

Fig. 11

Mimodoryctes arabicus Edmardash, Gadallah & Soliman, 2020: 61 .

Material examined

YEMEN • 2 ♀♀; “Yemen (5404), Hammam ‘Ali, from coffee-berries (with Ceratitis capitata ?), 14.iii.2001, A.v. Harten, RMNH’02”; RMNH • 1 ♀; same label data as for preceding; ZISP • 1 ♀; “Yemen (4054), Al Kowd, viii.1999, light-trap, A.v. Harten & S. Al Haruri, RMNH’00”; RMNH • 1 ♀; “Yemen (4055), Al Kowd , ix.1999, light trap, A.v. Harten & S. Al Haruri. RMNH’00”; RMNH • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; “Yemen (5750), Al Kowd, 8–12.vii.2001, light trap, A.v. Harten & S. Al Haruri. RMNH’02”; RMNH • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; “Yemen (8136), Al Kowd, ix.2003, light trap, A.v. Harten, S. Al Haruri, RMNH’03”; RMNH .

Distribution

Saudi Arabia, * Yemen.

Remarks

The status of this taxon is still under discussion because the only character that separates it from M. proprius is the presence of vein r-m of the fore wing ( Edmardash et al. 2020). The holotype of M. proprius from Algeria as well as two females from Saudi Arabia and Yemen lack the second radiomedial vein (r-m) in fore wing combined with an evenly curved second and third radial abscissae (3-SR+SR1); this is considered to be an original character state of Mimodoryctes . However, 10 additional specimens (eight females and two males) from Yemen have the second radiomedial vein (rm) distinctly developed separating a comparatively small second radiomedial (submarginal) cell and are here listed as M. arabicus . All other morphological features of these specimens indicate that they belong to M. proprius . Variation (presence/absence) of the second radiomedial vein (r-m) is known to occur in some species of the Hecabolini genera Leluthia and Pareucorystes , but such variation has never been recorded before in members of the tribe Doryctini . Therefore, additional material as well as additional data (preferably molecular) are needed to solve this question.

Figures

Fig. 11. Mimodoryctes arabicus Edmardash, Gadallah & Soliman, 2020, ♀ (RMNH). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Basal segments of antenna. C. Apical segments of antenna. D. Head, front view. E. Head, dorsal view. F. Wings. G. Metasoma, dorsal view.