Hormius moniliatus ( Nees, 1811 )

Edmardash, Yusuf A., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2020, First record of Hormiini Förster, 1863, and Macrocentrinae Förster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the fauna of Egypt, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4722 (6), pp. 555-570 : 560-563

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).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Egyptian localities for hormiine and macrocentrine specimens: 1, Aswan, Edfu Road; 2, El Arish, El Abtal (North Sinai); 3, El Manzala Lake, El Salam Canal (Daqahliya); 4, Farafra Oasis, Beir5; 5, Farafra Oasis, El Garad; 6, Farafra Oasis, Gelgam; 7, Hurghada, El Ghaba El Shagariya (Red Sea); 8, Ismailia, El-Tal El Kebeer; 9, Marsa Matrouh, Alifa; 10, Sharm El Sheikh, Ras Mohammad (South Sinai); 11, Sharm El Sheikh, Wadi Khoshb (South Sinai); 12, Sharm El Sheikh (Wadi Khreta) (South Sinai).