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 bicoloratus Cameron, 1912 Figs 3B , 6B , 10B , 14B , 18B , 22B , 29B E. bicoloratus Cameron, 1912: 388 , ♂ . Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978 ) B 19; F 12–15; ML 0.4; CT 1.4; OOL 0.1; POL 0.5; FI 0.5–0.6; Fl1–2 1.6–1.8; Fl20 2.3–2.6; AI 0.45– 0.95; CI 0.35–0.6; ICI 0.4–0.6; SDI 1.2–1.4; NI 2.6. Body yellowish brown to orange, orbits paler; mandible with upper tooth 1.1–1.5 × as long as lower tooth; clypeus convex in profile, with ventral margin in-turned; face 1.2 × as high as wide; antenna with 50–56 flagellomeres; mesopleuron and metapleuron finely densely punctate; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct, anterior area of propodeum punctate or nearly so, posterior area coarsely striate; proximal sclerite triangular and moderately extended distally; central sclerite small, circular and uniformly sclerotized; hind wing with 5–7 distal hamuli on R1; fore tibia not spinose. Material examined SAUDI ARABIA : 1 ♀ , Wadi Ghanuna (Al Baha ), sweep net, 12 May 2011 , leg. Fadl et al. ( KSMA ); 1 ♀ , Raydah ( Asir ), light trap 9 , 26 Aug. 2014 , leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA ); 1 ♀ , Raydah ( Asir ), light trap 5 , 21 Oct. 2014 , leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA ); 1 ♀ , Raydah ( Asir ), light trap 9 , 17 Nov. 2015 , leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA ). Distribution Angola , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Democratic Republic of Congo , Ethiopia , Ivory Coast , Madagascar , Malawi , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , South Africa , Uganda ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978 ; Yu et al. 2012 ), Zimbabwe ( Rousse & van Noort 2014 ); Saudi Arabia (new record).