Enicospilus psammus Gauld & Mitchell, 1978

Gadallah, Neveen S., Soliman, Ahmed M., Rousse, Pascal & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2017, The genus Enicospilus Stephens, 1835 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) in Saudi Arabia, with twelve new species records and the description of five new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 365, pp. 1-69 : 39

Enicospilus psammus Gauld & Mitchell, 1978

Fig. 34A

Enicospilus psammus Gauld & Mitchell, 1978: 147 , 148.

Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978)

F 6.0−9.0; ML 0.1; OOL 0.04, POL 0.5; FI 0.5−0.55; Fl 1.8−2.0; Fl20 1.3−1.4; AI 0.5−0.6; ICI 0.3−0.4; CI 0.3−0.4; SDI 1.2−1.3.

Body generally reddish brown, in some cases with propodeum and metasoma infuscate, lower face, interocellar area and genae yellowish brown; mandible with upper tooth 2.0–3.0 × as long as lower tooth; clypeus convex in profile, with impressed margin, with ventral margin truncate; lower face subquadrate, 0.8−0.9 × as broad as long; antenna with 44−48 flagellomeres; mesopleuron with upper area puncto-striate, while lower area coarsely punctate; metapleuron puncto-striate; basal transverse carina of propodeum complete, anterior area of propodeum striate, posterior area irregularly wrinkled; fore wing with three sclerites, proximal sclerite dome- to triangular in shape, central sclerite transversely oval, while distal sclerite small, comma-shaped; hind wing with 5−6 hamuli on R1; fore tibia with scattered spines.

Material examined

None.

Previous records from Saudi Arabia

Abian, Al Lith, Asir, Qunfida ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978), Bahara ( Horstmann 1981).

Distribution

Saudi Arabia ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978; Horstmann 1981), Sudan ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978).

Figures

Fig. 34. Disco-submarginal cell. A. Enicospilus psammus (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978). B. E. perlatus (after Shestakov 1926).