First contribution to the doryctine fauna (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) of Farasan Archipelago, Saudi Arabia, with new records and the description of a new species

Yusuf A Edmardash; Usama M Abu El-Ghiet; Ahmed M Soliman; Zarrag I A Al-Fifi; Neveen S Gadallah

doi:10.3897/zookeys.977.56314

First contribution to the doryctine fauna (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) of Farasan Archipelago, Saudi Arabia, with new records and the description of a new species

Zookeys. 2020 Oct 22:977:41-74. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.977.56314. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Yusuf A Edmardash¹, Usama M Abu El-Ghiet^{2

3}, Ahmed M Soliman^{4

5}, Zarrag I A Al-Fifi², Neveen S Gadallah¹

Affiliations

¹ Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt Cairo University Giza Egypt.
² Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia Jazan University Jazan Saudi Arabia.
³ Plant Protection Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt Desert Research Center Cairo Egypt.
⁴ Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Zoology Department, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt Al-Azhar University Cairo Egypt.

Abstract

The doryctine wasp species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Farasan Archipelago (Saudi Arabia) are studied here for the first time. Six species are reported, of which Mimodoryctes arabicus Edmardash, Gadallah & Soliman is described and illustrated as a new species. Neoheterospilus sp. is most probably a new species but further collecting should be done to obtain the female. Four species are new records for Saudi Arabia as well as for the whole Arabian Peninsula: Dendrosotinus ferrugineus (Marshall, 1888), Hecabalodes anthaxiae Wilkinson, 1929, Mimodoryctes proprius Belokobylskij, 2001, and Rhaconotus (Rhaconotus) carinatus Polaszek, 1994. The newly recorded species are re-described and illustrated.

Keywords: Braconidae; Doryctinae; Doryctini; Hecabolini; Heterospilini; Mimodoryctes; Rhaconotini; Afrotropical region.

Yusuf A. Edmardash, Usama M. Abu El-Ghiet, Ahmed M. Soliman, Zarrag I. A. Al-Fifi, Neveen S. Gadallah.