The genus Enicospilus Stephens, 1835 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) in Saudi Arabia, with twelve new species records and the description of five new species Author Gadallah, Neveen S. 49A46DDD-80CD-45FF-BC27-B37DBACF5E58 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 n_gadallah@hotmail.com Author Soliman, Ahmed M. 638A9208-CA78-4161-91B4-914B531F8933 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 amsoliman@ksu.edu.sa Author Rousse, Pascal B06C2640-700A-429B-AA2F-1BE09251C845 38 rue des Primevères, 35160 Le Verger, France. & Email: rousse. pascal @ wanadoo. fr & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: B 06 C 2640 - 700 A- 429 B-AA 2 F- 1 BE 09251 C 845 rousse.pascal@wanadoo.fr Author Al Dhafer, Hathal M. 6117A7D3-26AF-478F-BFE7-1C4E1D3F3C68 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 hdhafer@ksu.edu.sa text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-11-09 365 1 69 journal article 21958 10.5852/ejt.2017.365 3f1f3f51-000b-4993-8f40-b4201479de91 2118-9773 3838291 11B4AFCD-23A0-4170-BB02-9AD628C16925 Enicospilus pallidus ( Taschenberg, 1875 ) Figs 4F , 8B , 12B , 16B , 20B , 26B , 31B Ophion pallidus Taschenberg, 1875: 436 , ♀ . Henicospilus damarensis Cameron, 1906: 81 , ♀ . Henicospilus sinicarinatus Enderlein, 1914: 218 , ♂ . Henicospilus techowi Enderlein, 1918: 219 , ♂ . Henicospilus dinteri Enderlein, 1918: 220 , ♀ . Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978 ) B 22; F 12–15; ML 0.27; CT 1.66; OOL 0.04, POL 0.5; FI 0.5; Fl1–2 1.78; Fl20 1.5; AI 0.8; ICI 0.66; CI 0.33; SDI 1.27; NI 2.5. Body including coxae pale yellow overall, metasoma slightly darker ventrally; mesoscutum with median brown stripe extending over anterior half; remaining parts of legs light brown; pterostigma yellowish; proximal and distal wing sclerites yellowish brown; mandible with upper tooth 1.3 × as long as lower tooth; clypeus flat in profile, ventral margin truncate; face 1.2 × as high as wide; antenna with 60–65 flagellomeres; mesopleuron finely puncto-striate, metapleuron finely punctate; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct, anterior area smooth, posterior area irregularly arcuately wrinkled; disco- submarginal cell of fore wing with triangular proximal sclerite, central sclerite crescent-shape, weakly sclerotized proximally and large, with maximal length larger than distance to Rs+2r; hind wing with 7 distal hamuli on R1; fore tibia sparsely spinose. Material examined SAUDI ARABIA : 1 ♀ , Shada Al Ala (Al Baha ), light trap 6, 15 Feb. 2014 , leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA ). BOLD Identification Number AAI5153. Distribution Namibia , Sierra Leone ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978 ), Chad , Ethiopia , Kenya , South Africa , Sudan ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978 ; Yu et al. 2012 ), Democratic Republic of Congo , Pakistan ( Yu et al. 2012 ), Tanzania ( Rousse & van Noort 2014 ); Saudi Arabia (new record).