Enicospilus pacificus
- 1. Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 49 A 46 DDD- 80 CD- 45 FF-BC 27 - B 37 DBACF 5 E 58 & Corresponding author: n _ gadallah @ hotmail. com
- 2. Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. & Zoology Department, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, P. O. Box 11884, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. & Email: amsoliman @ ksu. edu. sa, ammsoliman @ gmail. com & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 638 A 9208 - CA 78 - 4161 - 91 B 4 - 914 B 531 F 8933
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- 4. Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. & Email: hdhafer @ ksu. edu. sa & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 6117 A 7 D 3 - 26 AF- 478 F-BFE 7 - 1 C 4 E 1 D 3 F 3 C 68
Description
Enicospilus pacificus (Holmgren, 1868)
Figs 4E, 8A, 12A, 16A, 20A, 26A, 31A
Ophion pacificus Holmgren, 1868:?, ♀.
Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978)
B 17–20; F 11–17; ML 0.26–0.3; CT 1.2–1.7; OOL 0.1, POL 0.7; FI 0.55; Fl1–2 1.6–2.3; Fl 20 2.1–2.3; AI 0.45–0.7; ICI 0.45–0.57; CI 0.31–0.41; SDI 1.38; NI 2.0.
Body reddish brown, but antennae, legs, posterior margin of eye, frons and metasoma are lighter; mandible with upper tooth 1.2 × as long as lower tooth; clypeus convex in profile, with ventral margin in-turned; face 1.17–1.3 × as high as wide; antenna with 57–62 flagellomeres; mesopleuron punctostriate, metapleuron densely coarsely punctate; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct; anterior area of propodeum superficially punctate and densely pubescent, posterior area finely longitudinally rugose especially medially, densely clothed with fine, suberect pale pubescence; proximal sclerite rather narrow, comma-shaped with very long distal extension, central sclerite small, uniformly sclerotized; hind wing with 5–8 distal hamuli on R1; fore tibia not spinose.
Material examinedSAUDI ARABIA: 2 ♀♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 5, 26 Aug. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (EFC); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 2, 26 Aug. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al.; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Al Kharj (Loulou Farm), sweep net, 26 Nov. 2008, leg. Hassan (EFC), 1 ♂, Education Farm (Riyadh), sweep net, 19 May 2009, leg. Al Sobaae & Mosbet (KSMA); 1 ♂, Thee Ain (Al Baha), sweep net, 10 Mar. 2012, leg. El Torkey A. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), light trap 3, Nov. 2013, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♂, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), light trap 6, 15 Feb. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 2 ♀♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 8, 21 Feb. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 9, 21 Feb. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♂, Wadi Rida (Asir), sweep net, 24 Feb. 2014, leg. Sharaf et al. (KSMA); 2 ♂♂, Wadi Rida (Asir), light trap, 24 Feb. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 2 ♂♂, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), light trap 1, 21 Apr. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 4, 27 Apr. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♂, Raydah (Asir), light trap 8, 27 Apr. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 1, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 2 ♀♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 3, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 6, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♂, Raydah (Asir), light trap 7, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 1, 26 Aug. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 9, 26 Aug. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♂, Raydah (Asir), light trap 7, 20 Oct. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 4, 11 Dec. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♂, Raydah (Asir), light trap 9, 5 Mar. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♂, Raydah (Asir), Malaise trap 8, 8 May 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 7, 18 Nov. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap 9, 17−18 Nov. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA).
BOLD Identification NumberACX7776.
DistributionAngola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Rowanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda (Gauld & Mitchell 1978); Saudi Arabia (new record).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Ichneumonidae
- Genus
- Enicospilus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Holmgren
- Species
- pacificus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Enicospilus pacificus (Holmgren, 1868) sec. Gadallah, Soliman, Rousse & Dhafer, 2017
References
- Holmgren A. E. 1868. Hymenoptera. Species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden, Zoologi 6: 391 - 442.
- Gauld I. D. & Mitchell P. A. 1978. The Taxonomy, Distribution and Host Preferences of African Parasitic Wasps of the Subfamily Ophioninae. CAB: Slough. Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, London.