New species and records of braconid wasps from Farasan Archipelago (Jazan) Saudi Arabia, with notes on Diolcogaster mayae Shestakov Author Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. 0000-0003-0288-4199 Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia & Plant Protection Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt. usama 778 @ yahoo. com, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0288 - 4199 Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, P. O. Box 12613 Author Edmardash, Yusuf A. 0000-0002-3365-0822 edmardash @ cu. edu. eg, https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3365 - 0822 Author Gadallah, Neveen S. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-02-24 5104 1 49 79 journal article 20474 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.1.3 4614bf3c-9ca5-4e6a-a8fd-422c5d17d221 1175-5326 6257841 CBA29F75-0AC9-4CB0-BF00-22BB49EC24E3 Aleiodes farasanensis Gadallah & Edmardash sp. nov. ( apicalis -gp.) Figs 12 A–F , 13 A–C , 14 A, B urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: BEAF16FD-9CCF-4EE7-AFB1-7DD8E6638C0C Type material: Holotype , ♀ ( EFC ), Saudi Arabia (Farasan Archipelago, Al-Sajid), 16.86026N , 41.932564E , 25.i.2017 , light trap , leg. Usama Abu El-Ghiet & Tarek M. El-Sheikh. Diagnosis. Body pale reddish to orange, with metasomal T1 and T2 reddish, rest of metasoma black ( Figs 12A , 14A ). Antenna with 64 antennomeres ( Fig. 12F ); maximum width of hypoclypeal depression 0.54× as long as maximum width of face ( Fig. 12B ); OOL 0.9 × as long as diameter of median ocellus, finely punctate; F4 distinctly longer than wide (1.66×) ( Fig. 12F ); clypeus in the form of a narrow transverse band, with the same width medially and laterally ( Figs 12B, E ); mesoscutum reticulate-rugose ( Fig. 13A ); tarsal claws without pectens; marginal cell of fore wing ending rather close to wing apex ( Fig. 13C ); vein 1–CU1 of fore wing 0.26× as long as 2–CU1 ( Fig. 13C ); SMC2 medium-sized ( Fig. 13C ); marginal cell of hind wing gradually widened to apex, apical width about 1.8× its width at level of hamuli ( Fig. 13C ); distal end of hind femur with black hue ( Fig. 12A ); palpi and tegula pale red to yellowish, antenna dark brown to black (scape reddish) ( Fig. 12F ). FIGURE 12. Aleiodes farasanensis Gadallah & Edmardash , sp. nov. (holotype, ♀). A, lateral habitus; B, E, frontal views of head; C, dorsal view of head; D, lateral view of head; F, antenna. A: scale bar (= 1.0×); B, C, and E: 1.5×; D, F: 1.3×. FIGURE 13. Aleiodes farasanensis Gadallah & Edmardash , sp. nov. (holotype, ♀). A, latero-dorsal view of mesosoma; B, lateral view of head and mesosoma; C, fore and hind wings. A: scale bar (= 1.0×); B C: 0.9×. Description. Holotype , ♀ , length of body 10mm ; length of fore wing 6.5mm . Colour ( Figs 12A–C ; 13A, B , 14A, B ). Head dark ferruginous to black, with clypeus, mandible (except black tip), and palpi reddish brown; antenna dark brown to black, with scapus dark reddish brown; mesosoma and first two metasomal segments reddish brown to orange, remainder of metasoma black. Legs as body colour, with hind femur darker, with black tint apically, tarsal claws yellowish. Wings ( Fig. 13C ) hyaline, with black pterostigma and veins (except bases of veins paler). Head ( Figs 12B–F ). Antenna with 64 antennomeres, F4 distinctly longer than wide, 1.66× as long as wide, scapus oblique apically, longer dorsally than ventrally; face (behind antennal bases) bulged (when seen in lateral view), with a middle longitudinal carina,densely finely punctate;face just above antennal bases until behind ocelli strongly depressed, obliquely striated; OOL 1.3× as long as posterior ocellus diameter, reticulate rugose; vertex finely or superficially rugose, shiny; clypeus coarsely punctate, with interspaces between punctures equal to puncture diameter, with sharp, nearly straight ventral margin; width of hypoclypeal depression 0.54× as wide as maximum width of face; eye 1.6× as long as temple in dorsal view; vertex behind stemmaticum with radiated rugae; clypeus located below lower level of eye; mandible bidentate, with two blunt teeth; malar space 0.22× length of eye in lateral view; occipital carina sharp, not reaching genal carina. Mesosoma ( Figs 13A, B , 14B ). Mesoscutum reticulate rugose; precoxal area of mesopleuron rugose-foveolate above, punctate ventrally, remainder of mesopleuron as well as metapleuron densely foveolate; scutellum flat, superficially punctate, without lateral carina; propodeum irregularly foveolate, foveola small, with distinct median longitudinal carina, not reaching posterior declivity. FIGURE 14. Aleiodes farasanensis Gadallah & Edmardash , sp. nov. (holotype, ♀). A, dorsal view of metasoma; B, propodeum, medio-longitudinal carina indicated. A: scale bar (= 1.0×); B: 2.4×. Wings ( Fig. 13C ). Fore wing: vein r 0.6× 3–SR; marginal cell ends close to wing apex; 1–CU1 nearly horizontal, 0.26× as long as 2–CU1; r-m 0.58× as long as 3–SR; SMC2 medium-sized; 3-SR 1.6× as long as 2-SR; cu-a slightly oblique, straight; vein 1-M slightly curved posteriorly. Hind wing: marginal cell distinctly gradually widened to apex, apical width about 1.8× its width at level of hamuli; vein M +CU 1.6× as long as 1-M; 1r–m 1.1× as long as 1–M; vein m–cu very short, more or less interstitial with vein 1r–m. Legs ( Fig. 12A ). Tarsal claws simple (not pectinate), swollen at base; metacoxa densely superficially punctate dorsally; hind trochantellus slender, sparsely punctate; metafemur 1.8× as long as hind basitarsus; length of inner metatibial spur 0.34 × as long as hind basitarsus. Metasoma ( Figs 12A , 14A ). Metasomal T1 rather flattened, 1.1× as long as its apical width; T1 and T2 with medio-longitudianl carina not reaching apical margin on T2, both tergites with coarse, longitudinal rugosity, that is somewhat weaker on T2; medio-basal area of T2 with wide, smooth triangle; basal half of T3 finely longitudinally striate, remainder of metasoma nearly smooth and shiny, with short, fine whitish setae; ovipositor sheath finger-like, very short, with fine setae throughout, rounded apically, 0.1× as long as metatibia. Remarks. The species belongs to apicalis -sp. group as its characters strongly agrees with van Achterberg and Shaw’s key (2016; first part of couplet 3, p. 12). It is very similar to the formerly known species (now invalid species, van Achterberg, pers. comm.) Aleiodes africanus ( Enderlein, 1920 ) . Based on van Achterberg’s brief description (1991), the new species differs from A. africanus in the following combination of characters: head dark ferruginous, with some parts red ( Figs 12B–D ), metasoma (except first two segments red) black ( Fig. 14A ) (in A. africanus body reddish); 64 antennomeres ( Fig. 12F ) (70 antennomeres in A. africanus ). Etymology. The name farasanensis is derived from the locality (Farasan Islands) from which the specimen was collected and described.