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<mods:title>First record of the subfamily Epitraninae from Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Chalcididae), with the description of three new species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Gadallah, Neveen S.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Soliman, Ahmed M.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. BOX 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia &amp; Zoology Department, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, P. O. Box 11884, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Dhafer, Hathal M. Al</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="DD26AA7B-C9EC-57F9-87B1-886FF594E0B7" authority="Soliman &amp; Gadallah" authorityName="Soliman &amp; Gadallah" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chalcididae" genus="Epitranus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epitranus subinops" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subinops" status="sp. nov.">Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A, B, C habitus (lateral, dorsal and ventral views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467087" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figures 10</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 11</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A propodeum and metasoma (dorsal view) B head including antennal scape and mesosoma (lateral view) D fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467089" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 12</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A, B hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) C metasoma (ventral view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467090" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 13</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Holotype</emphasis>
♀:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Kingdom of Saudi Arabia</emphasis>
, Asir, Regal Alma, Wadi Kasan (2 km North of El-Hebeal) [
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,
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, Alt. 487 m], sweeping net, 12.IV.2019, leg. Ahmed M. Soliman [KSMA].
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Frontal lobe relatively long, its free margin trilobate (Fig.
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); OOL ca. 1.5
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as long as OD, and as long as AOL (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">11C</figureCitation>
); POL 2.4
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as long as OOL (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">11C</figureCitation>
); interantennal projection well developed (lamellate) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">11B</figureCitation>
); scape ends a long distance from median ocellus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">11A</figureCitation>
); F1 relatively long, 1.75
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as long as wide, following flagellomeres shorter, subequal (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">11D</figureCitation>
); clava bi-segmented, relatively long ca. 2.7
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as long as wide, tapering apically (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">11D</figureCitation>
); frons with supra antennal surface delimited by step-like margin; frons sparsely punctured, with fine setae directed upwards, integument smooth behind (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">11A</figureCitation>
); post-orbital carina joining genal carina at a level distinctly above the ventral edge of the eye (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A propodeum and metasoma (dorsal view) B head including antennal scape and mesosoma (lateral view) D fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467089" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">12B</figureCitation>
); pronotal humeral angle rather sharp (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">11C</figureCitation>
); mesoscutum with short setae and very sparse small punctures on anterior third of middle lobe (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">11E</figureCitation>
); bottom of punctures on mesonotum and metepimeron smooth (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">11E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A propodeum and metasoma (dorsal view) B head including antennal scape and mesosoma (lateral view) D fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467089" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">12B</figureCitation>
); propodeum densely areolate, median areola complete (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A propodeum and metasoma (dorsal view) B head including antennal scape and mesosoma (lateral view) D fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467089" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">12A</figureCitation>
); metafemur serrulate ventrally following a stout tooth at base (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A, B hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) C metasoma (ventral view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467090" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">13A, B</figureCitation>
); metatibia with oblique carina inside metatibial process (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A, B hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) C metasoma (ventral view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467090" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">13B</figureCitation>
); tarsal scrobe almost reaching sub-basal prominence (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A, B hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) C metasoma (ventral view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467090" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">13B</figureCitation>
); fore wing densely setose along apical two thirds (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A propodeum and metasoma (dorsal view) B head including antennal scape and mesosoma (lateral view) D fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467089" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">12C</figureCitation>
); STV present but reduced, 2.0
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as long as wide (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 10.</emphasis>
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Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">A, B, C</emphasis>
habitus (lateral, dorsal and ventral views respectively).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Female</emphasis>
(holotype). Body length 3.4-3.9 mm. Fore wing length 2.1-2.5 mm.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Head</emphasis>
(Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A propodeum and metasoma (dorsal view) B head including antennal scape and mesosoma (lateral view) D fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467089" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">12B</figureCitation>
). Transverse (1.16
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as wide as high in frontal view), slightly wider than mesoscutum in dorsal view (1.1
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), and ca. 2.45
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as wide as its length in profile. Frontovertex 1.25
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as wide as eye height. Vertex almost smooth, sparsely punctate between median ocellus and eyes, with AOL as long as OOL; OOL 1.5
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OD; POL 2.4
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OOL; orbital surface superficially transversely alutaceous, laterally with fine sparse setae directed upwards; malar area superficially wrinkled; malar space 0.57
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as long as eye height in lateral view; malar carina faint and polished; gena coarsely foveolate, nearly bare; post-orbital carina well developed, joined genal carina at a level distinctly above the ventral edge of the eye, distinctly converging to the higher edge of the eye; preorbital and suborbital carinae developed. Occipital area densely reticulate; interantennal distance distinctly short, 0.4
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as long as torulus diameter, interantennal projection well developed (lamellate); frontal lobe relatively long (subantennal distance 3.3
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as long as interantennal distance), free margin with three lobes.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 11.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Epitranus subinops</emphasis>
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Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female)
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head (frontal view)
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lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view)
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head and pronotum (dorsal view)
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antennal pedicel and flagellum
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head and mesosoma (dorsal view).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Antenna</emphasis>
(Fig.
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). 13-segmented, clava bi-segmented, with few scattered short setae; scape moderately long, longer than eye height (1.33
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), ending a distance before median ocellus, densely punctured throughout; pedicel relatively short, conical shape, approximately as long as its width; anellus transverse, ca. 0.6
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as long as wide; F1 relatively long, 1.75
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as long as wide, following funiculars distinctly shorter, subequal; clava ca. 2.7
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as long as wide, tapered apically.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Mesosoma</emphasis>
(Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A propodeum and metasoma (dorsal view) B head including antennal scape and mesosoma (lateral view) D fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467089" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">12A, B</figureCitation>
). 1.8
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as long as mesoscutum width, with relatively short setae, that are somewhat thickened on pronotum and mesoscutellum. Pronotal collar 3.0
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as wide as long, sparsely setiferous foveolate, that are denser laterally, with sides slightly convex; humeral angle sharp, nearly 90°; lateral carina not extended dorsally on collar. Mesoscutum 2.9
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as long as pronotal collar median length, sparsely finely punctulate on anterior half of middle lobe, its anterior margin finely alutaceous; posterior half of middle lobe with large irregular foveolae, lateral lobes with dense setiferous punctures. Notauli very distinct and deep, linear (not crenulate). Tegula broadly rounded posteriorly, smooth. Mesoscutellum slightly longer than wide (1.1
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), setiferous foveolate, foveolae smooth on bottom, with posterior margin broadly rounded. Propodeum strongly areolate, median areola slightly widened posteriorly, 2.6
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as long as wide, weakly transversely striated on bottom, its lateral carinae slightly diverging posteriorly and reaching transverse carina of adpetiolar areola; submedian and basolateral areolae fused. Mesopleuron with adscrobal area coarsely foveolate, foveolae finely punctate inside; femoral scrobe coarsely transversely ridged, ventral shelf of mesepisternum finely punctate, with adpressed setae. Metepimeron densely, closely foveolate throughout, with fine, adpressed setae; metepisternum largely areolate throughout (bottom of areolae densely reticulate), with two median carinae slightly diverging posteriorly followed by two large and sharp submedian teeth; adpetiolar area concave, nearly smooth, with a median longitudinal carina ends posteriorly with a strong subpentagonal areola.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Wings</emphasis>
(Fig.
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). Fore wing ca. 3.0
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as long as wide, rather densely setose on the underside of apical two-thirds, setae distinctly long; MV 0.6
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as long as costal cell; STV somewhat reduced (0.1
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as long as MV), 2.0
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as long as wide, forming with anterior margin an angle of ca. 45°. Hind wing sparsely setose apically, with three hamuli.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 12.</emphasis>
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Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female)
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propodeum and metasoma (dorsal view)
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head including antennal scape and mesosoma (lateral view)
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fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Hind leg</emphasis>
(Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A, B hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) C metasoma (ventral view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467090" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">13A, B</figureCitation>
). Metacoxa 2.2
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as long as wide, widened basally, slightly shorter than metafemur (0.9
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), finely transversely alutaceous on outer dorsal face, rest densely setiferous punctulate, interspaces between punctures smooth. Metafemur 1.75
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as long as wide, with dense setiferous punctures throughout, outer ventral margin with broad triangular tooth basally, followed by a serrulation of minute teeth. Metatibia with an oblique carina inside metatibial process; tarsal scrobe almost reaching sub-basal prominence; sub-basal prominence is formed from three small blunt teeth partly hidden by dense pubescence.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Metasoma</emphasis>
(Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A propodeum and metasoma (dorsal view) B head including antennal scape and mesosoma (lateral view) D fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467089" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">12A</figureCitation>
,
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). Petiole relatively short, 3.5
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as long as wide, 0.92
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as long as dorsal length of Gt1, and ca. 0.6
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as long as gaster, with an incomplete median carina (0.45
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as long as petiole length), two incomplete submedian carinae (0.73
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as long as petiole length), and two complete lateral ridge, area between sublateral ridges nearly smooth and shiny. Gaster fusiform in dorsal view, 1.55
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as long as its height in profile. Gt1 0.6
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as long as the whole length of gaster in dorsal view, deeply concave posteriorly, almost entirely smooth; remaining tergites short, densely finely punctate at base, finely setose. Gt2 slightly concave posteriorly. Ovipositor slightly extended behind gaster.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467090" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" start="Figure 13" startId="F13">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 13.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Soliman &amp; Gadallah" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Chalcididae" genus="Epitranus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epitranus subinops" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subinops">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Epitranus subinops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female)
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hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively)
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metasoma (ventral view).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Color</emphasis>
(Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A propodeum and metasoma (dorsal view) B head including antennal scape and mesosoma (lateral view) D fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467089" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">12C</figureCitation>
). Body generally reddish to reddish brown, with the following parts black: head (except lateral sides just below lower edge of eyes, and frontal lobe), anterior margin of mesoscutum middle lobe, propodeum (except postero-lateral margins). Metasoma dark reddish brown; antenna with scape and pedicel bright red, rest reddish brown; tegula testaceous. Wings hyaline with yellowish brown veins that are paler on hind wing.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
The new species closely similar to
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. inops" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="inops">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">E. inops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but differs in the following: metatibia with oblique carina inside metatibial process (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A, B hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) C metasoma (ventral view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467090" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">13B</figureCitation>
) (metatibia without such carina in
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. inops" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="inops">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">E. inops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Epitranus inops Steffan (female) A fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified) B, C hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) D metasoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467108" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">27C</figureCitation>
)); tarsal scrobe almost reaching sub-basal prominence (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A, B hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) C metasoma (ventral view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467090" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">13B</figureCitation>
) (tarsal scrobe short, far from reaching sub-basal prominence in
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. inops" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="inops">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">E. inops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 27" captionStartId="F27" captionText="Figure 27. Epitranus inops Steffan (female) A fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified) B, C hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) D metasoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467108" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">27C</figureCitation>
)); frons with supra antennal surface completely delimited by a step-like margin (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">11A</figureCitation>
) (supra antennal surface delimited only laterally by faint step-like ridge in
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. inops" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="inops">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">E. inops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 26" captionStartId="F26" captionText="Figure 26. Epitranus inops Steffan (female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C antennal pedicel and flagellum D mesoscutellum and propodeum (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467107" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">26A</figureCitation>
)); mesoscutum with short, very small and sparse punctures on anterior part of middle lobe, while posterior area with coarse irregular foveolation (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C head and pronotum (dorsal view) D antennal pedicel and flagellum E head and mesosoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467088" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">11E</figureCitation>
) (setae on mesoscutum longer, denser and coarser on the whole middle lobe in
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. inops" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="inops">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">E. inops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Epitranus inops Steffan (female) A, B habitus (lateral and dorsal views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467104" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">25B</figureCitation>
)); mesoscutellum convex when seen in profile (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Epitranus subinops Soliman &amp; Gadallah, sp. nov. (holotype female) A, B, C habitus (lateral, dorsal and ventral views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467087" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">10A</figureCitation>
) (flat in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">E. inops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 25" captionStartId="F25" captionText="Figure 25. Epitranus inops Steffan (female) A, B habitus (lateral and dorsal views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure25" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467104" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">25A</figureCitation>
)).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Male</emphasis>
. Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
The new species name
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">subinops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
refers to the similarity of this species to
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. inops" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="species" species="inops">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">E. inops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="host">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Hosts.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Unknown.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Saudi Arabia (Asir region).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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