Enicospilus nervellator Aubert, 1966

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 : 25

Enicospilus nervellator Aubert, 1966

Figs 4A , 7C , 11C , 15C , 19C , 24C , 30C , 33A

Enicospilus nervellator Aubert, 1966: 43 , ♀.

Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978)

B 17–18; F 11–15; ML 0.1–0.25; CT 1.7–2.1; OOL 0.12, POL 0.6; FI 0.5; Fl1–2 1.7–1.9; Fl20 1.2–1.5; AI 0.54–0.65; ICI 0.6–0.8; CI 0.3–0.4; SDI 1.38–1.5.

Body reddish brown to ferruginous overall, T1, T2 and most of T3 bright red, the following parts pale yellow: face (except red middle, extending from fore ocellus to base of clypeus), posterior margin of head broadly, vertex, almost all pronotum, a middle U-shaped area on mesoscutum extending to its posterior margin as well as lateral margin, posterior half of propodeum, tegula, scutellum (except basally), subalar prominence, upper and lower areas of mesopleuron, lower half of metapleuron; mandible with upper tooth 2.0 × as long as lower tooth; clypeus flat in profile, with ventral margin straight to truncate; face subquadrate, 1.1–1.25 × as high as wide; antenna with 50–52 flagellomeres; mesopleuron punctate, metapleuron shallowly puncto-striate; basal transverse carina of propodeum very weak but complete, anterior area of propodeum sparsely punctate, posterior area superficially rugose; proximal sclerite yellow (weakly sclerotized) dome-shaped, central sclerite longitudinal and weakly sclerotized; hind wing with 6–7 distal hamuli on R1; fore tibia considerably spinose; outer mid (and sometimes hind) tibial spur distinctly less than 0.4 × as long as inner spur.

Material examined

SAUDI ARABIA: 1 ♀, Rhodet Khorim (Riyadh), light trap (B), 6 Mar. 2012, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( EFC); 1 ♀, Ummul Hammam (Riyadh), light trap, 10 Feb. 2010, leg. Abdel-Azeem M. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Al Khararah (Riyadh), light trap, 22 Feb. 2012, leg. Al Gharabawy et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Al Khararah (Riyadh), light trap, 7 Mar. 2012, leg. Al Dyrahim et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Rawdet Farshet Sheaal (Riyadh), light trap 1, 26 Jan. 2016, leg. Al Gharabawy et al. ( KSMA); 3 ♀♀, Rawdet Farshet Sheaal (Riyadh), light trap 10, 26 Jan. 2016, leg. Al Gharabawy et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Rawdet Farshet Sheaal (Riyadh), light trap 11, 26 Jan. 2016, leg. Al Gharabawy et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Wadi Ghaihab (Riyadh), light trap, 27 Jan. 2016, leg. Al Gharabawy et al. ( KSMA); 19 ♀♀, Rawdet Al Harmalyiah (Riyadh), light trap 1, 2 Feb. 2016, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 49 ♂♂, 104 ♀♀, Rawdet Al Harmalyiah (Riyadh), light trap 3, 2 Feb. 2016, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♂, 53 ♀♀, Rawdet Al Harmalyiah (Riyadh), light trap 5, 2 Feb. 2016, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Rawdet Al Harmalyiah (Riyadh), Malaise trap 4, 2 Feb. 2016, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Wadi Hanifa (Riyadh), light trap, 4 Feb. 2016, leg. Al Dhafer ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Wadi Sabean (Asir), light trap, 22 Feb. 2016, leg. Fadl et al. ( KSMA).

Previous records from Saudi Arabia

Jeddah, Najd, Rub’al Khali ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978).

BOLD Identification Number

ADB4509.

Distribution

Algeria, Saudi Arabia ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978; Yu et al. 2012), Egypt ( Shaumar 1966; Yu et al. 2012).

Figures

Fig. 4. Lateral habitus. A. Enicospilus nervellator Aubert, 1966. B. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. C. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. D. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1976. E. E. pacificus (Holmgren, 1868). F. E. pallidus (Taschenberg, 1875). G. E. pseudoculator Gadallah & Soliman sp. nov. H. E. rundiensis Bischoff, 1915. Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Fig. 7. Anterior view of head. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 11. Lateral view of head. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 15. Lateral aspect of meososoma. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 19. Propodeum. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 24. Fore wing. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. Scale bars = 2.5 mm.

Fig. 30. Hind tarsal claw. A. Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973. B. E. mirabilis Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. E. nervellator Aubert, 1966. D. E. oculator Seyrig, 1935. E. E. odax Gauld & Mitchell, 1978. F. E. oweni Gauld & Mitchell, 1978.

Fig. 33. A. Mid tibial spurs of Enicospilus nervellator Aubert, 1966. B. Mid tibial spurs of E. splendidus Rousse, Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov. C. Hind tibial spurs of E. splendidus Rousse, Soliman & Gadallah sp. nov.