Search

Aleiodes subpallidator Edmardash & Gadallah sp. nov. Figs 15 A, B, 16 A–D, 17 A–E urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: FABD3356-A9CD-4B1A-B2DC-D1C389A9CDF1 Type material: Holotype, ♀ (EFC), Saudi Arabia (Farasan Archipelago, Al-Sajid), 16.86026N, 41.932564E, 17.xi.2017, light trap, leg. Usama Abu El-Ghiet & Tarek M. El-Sheikh. Diagnosis. Head (except black stemmaticum), mesosoma and posterior end of metasoma brownish in colour (Figs 15A, B, 17D); scapus slightly, but distinctly oblique apically, longer dorsally than ventrally (Fig. 16A); OOL about as long as diameter of posterior ocellus; occipital carina well seen ventrally, weak dorsally, reaching hypostomal carina; notauli absent on mesoscutum (Fig. 16D); vein 2–CU1 of fore wing 2.9 × as long as 1–CU1 (Fig. 17A); vein 1–SR very short, connected with vein 1–M at the same level (Fig. 17A), vein 1–M slightly curved posteriorly (Fig. 17A); metasomal T4 superficially granulate to nearly smooth (Fig. 17D); fore wing 2.8mm; malar space 0.2 × height of eye (Fig. 16A); marginal cell of hind wing parallel-sided apically (Fig. 17B); metatibia with inner comb of blunt bristles apically (Fig. 17C). Description. Holotype, ♀, length of body 3.5 mm; length of fore wing 2.8 mm. Colour (Figs 15A, B, 16B). Head and mesosoma (except propodeum), as well as end tergites brownish, propodeum and legs straw yellow; tegula pale yellow; stemmaticum black; wings (Figs 17A, B) hyaline, with pale brownish to yellowish veins, pterostigma bright yellow; antenna yellow, with apical half of flagellum brownish (apices broken). Head (Figs 16A–C).Antennae with broken flagella, scapus oblique apically, longer dorsally than ventrally; face superficially punctulate, shiny; OOL about as long as posterior ocellus diameter, finely rugose; vertex granulaterugose; clypeus somewhat convex, small, finely coriaceous, ventral margin concave; width of hypoclypeal depression 0.3× minimal width of face; face very finely granulate; occipital carina complete, but weak dorsally, meeting hypostomal carina ventrally; clypeus located slightly above lower level of eye; malar space 0.2× as long as height of eye laterally; eye distinctly bulged, with slight, but distinct emergination at uppermost part of inner orbits. Mesosoma (Fig. 16D). Mesoscutum very finely coriaceous throughout, notauli absent, posterior margin straight; mesopleuron and metapleuron very finely coriaceous-rugose throughout, rather shiny; scutellum somewhat convex, finely and superficially dotted to coriaceous, without lateral carina; propodeum finely rugose, with a complete median longitudinal carina. Wings (Figs 17A, B). Fore wing: vein r 0.45× vein 3SR; 1–CU1 slightly oblique, 0.34× as long as 2–CU1; vein r–m 0.54× vein 2–SR, and 0.34× vein 3–SR; SMC2 elongate, trapezoidal; vein 1–SR short, straight with 1–M; cu–a rather oblique, somewhat reduced ventrally; vein CU1a distinctly curved at base; vein 1–M slightly curved posteriorly. Hind wing: apical half of marginal cell parallel-sided; vein 2–SC+R very short; vein m-cu greatly reduced, as being just an unpigmented fold; M+CU 1.77× as long as 1–M; 1r–m 0.5× 1–M. Legs (Figs 15A, B, 17C). Claws simple, setose; hind coxa superficially coriaceous; femora thin and slender; hind trochantellus 2.9× as long as ventrally as apical width; metatibia with an inner transparent comb of blunt bristles apically; inner metatibia spur 0.18× as long as hind basitarsus; two metatibia spurs nearly equal in size. Metasoma (Figs 17D, E). Metasomal T1 0.84× as long as its posterior width, flattened and lamellate laterally; T1, T2 and base of T3 finely longitudinally rugose, T1 and T2 with strong longitudinal median carina; mediobasal smooth area of T2 absent; remainder of metasomal tergites superficially coriaceous to nearly smooth. Lateral sides of metasomal tergites with fine, short whitish setae. Ovipositor sheath short, slender, tapering at end, nearly smooth. Distribution. So far Saudi Arabia (Farasan Islands, Jazan). Remarks. The new species closely resembles Aleiodes pallidator (Thunberg) (based on the description of van Achterberg & Shaw, 2016), but differs from A. pallidator in the following combination of characters: notauli completely absent (Fig. 17D) (in A. pallidator notauli present, narrow, shallow and crenulate (Fig. 15C)); inner apex of metatibia with comb of transparent, blunt bristles (Fig. 17C) (in A. pallidator inner apex of metatibia without comb of bristles); ovipositor sheath not densely setose, very short (hardly seen in lateral view), tapering apically (Fig. 17E) (in A. pallidator ovipositor sheath densely setose, well-seen in lateral view, rounded apically). Measurements of fore wing veins (Fig. 17A): vein r 0.45× vein 3–SR (0.3× in A. pallidator); 1–CU1 slightly oblique (horizontal in A. pallidator); vein r–m 0.54× vein 2–SR (0.7× in A. pallidator), and 0.34× vein 3–SR (0.4× in A. pallidator); vein 1–SR short, straight with 1–M (angled with 1–M in A. pallidator); cu–a rather oblique, somewhat reduced ventrally; vein CU1a distinctly curved at base; vein 1–M slightly curved posteriorly. Etymology. The name subpallidator is named with reference to the similarity of this species to Aleiodes pallidator.

Braconella minor Sz��pligeti, 1906 Figs 2 A���D Braconella minor Sz��pligeti, 1906: 587, ♀. Description of the male: Body length: 5.0 mm; fore wing length: 4.2 mm. Colour & vestiture (Figs 2A���D): Body generally black (including antennae), metasoma dark ferruginous, with T1, base of T2 and posterior margins of T2���4 ivory white to pale yellowish; temple and lower face just behind antennal bases and inner orbits of eyes, clypeus, mandibles (except black tip), and palpi are honey yellow; first and middle legs (except black coxae) yellowish, hind legs mostly black, except for the apex of femur and basal third of tibia yellowish, tibial spurs yellowish; sides of pronotum ferruginous yellow; tegula ferruginous to orange. Wings hyaline, with pterostigma and veins black. Body densely clothed with short whitish to silvery setae especially on mesosoma and hind legs. Head (Fig. 2C): Transverse, more than 1.5�� as wide as mesosoma; occiput finely alutaceous, shiny; frons coarser than occiput; eyes distinctly convergent behind, slightly emarginate to concave opposite to antennal base; temple 0.88�� eye length in dorsal view; malar space distinctly short, 0.17�� as long as eye length in front view. Antenna 22-segmented, scape 1.55�� as long as wide, F1 1.3�� F2, flagellomeres of middle third of flagellum subequal, last flagellomere tapered apically. Mesosoma (Figs 2A, B): mesoscutum densely finely punctate, clothed with dense fine seta; notauli present, convergent and meeting at apex of mesoscutum; scutellum with simple, linear scutellar sulcus, propodeum nearly smooth and shiny, without median carina, lateral sides densely finely punctate, with fine whitish setae, median line shiny and smooth; pronotum laterally finely rugose; meso- and metapleura densely finely punctate, with dense fine whitish hairs as those covering mesoscutum and scutellum. Fore wing (Fig. 2A): about as long as body; with vein SR1 nearly reaching wing apex; vein r arising from middle of pterostigma, about 0.3�� as long as vein 3-SR; SR1 longer than veins r and 3���SR combined; vein cu-a almost interstitial, resulting in the absence of vein 1���CU1; vein 1���M distinctly straight; vein 2���SR+M present, relatively long; pterostigma 2.6�� as long as its maximum width, 0.7�� as long as 1���R1. Legs: with somewhat flattened femora; hind femur 2.7�� as long as broad, with an oblique, sharp triangular keel in the middle ventrally (Fig. 2D); hind basitarsus distinctly shorter than rest of tarsomeres combined (Fig. 2D). Metasoma (Figs 2A, B): T1 parallel-sided, with a V-shaped depression basally, slightly elevated towards apex; T2 strongly emarginate baso-medially, greatly widened posteriorly, 0.6�� as long as apical width; T3 and the following tergites are in the form of a transverse band, much wider than long, 2.2�� as wide as median length; T2 and T3 are separated by a crenulate suture; all tergites finely rugose. Material examined. 1♂, KSA: Jazan (Farasan Islands, Al-Sajid before Khotp), 16.883482N 41.909728E, 17. ii. 2017, sweep net, leg. Usama M. Abu El-Ghiet & Tarek, M. El-Sheikh. General distribution. South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe (Yu et al. 2016), Saudi Arabia (Farasan Islands, Jazan) (new record). Remarks. The genus Braconella is a first record for the Arabian Peninsula. Masi (1944) saw a male of Braconella and suggested that it was B. minor, however, he had some doubts as it differed substantially from the female he examined. Here we considered our specimen as being the unknown male of B. minor and describe it for the first time. The specimen examined here resembles the Tanzanian female described by Brues (1924), except for the following: metasoma with T1, base of T2 broadly, and posterior margin of T2���4 thin ivory white to pale yellowish (Fig. 2B) (in female the metasoma to apex of T5 ferruginous); vein r 0.3�� as long as vein 3���SR (Fig. 2A) (two-thirds as long as 3���SR in female); vein SR1 distinctly longer than veins r and 3���SR combined (Fig. 2A) (as long as both veins combined in the female)., Published as part of Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2022, New species and records of braconid wasps from Farasan Archipelago (Jazan) Saudi Arabia, with notes on Diolcogaster mayae Shestakov, pp. 49-79 in Zootaxa 5104 (1) on pages 52-54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6257841, {"references":["Szepligeti, G. (1906) Braconiden aus der Sammlung des Ungarischen National-Museums, 1. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 4, 547 - 618.","Yu, D. S. K., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Taxapad database on flash drive, Ottawa.","Masi, L. (1944) Missione biologica Sagan-Omo firetta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Nuove species d'imenotteri Braconidi. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Giacomo Doria, 62, 11 - 215.","Brues, C. T. (1924) Some South African parasitic Hymenoptera of the families Evaniidae, Braconidae, Alysiidae, and Plumariidae in the South African Museum with a catalogue of the known species. Annals of the South African Museum, 19, 1 - 150."]}

Hormius sp. Figs 5A���E Diagnosis. Body generally reddish yellow (Figs 5A, B, D), with lateral lobes of mesoscutum brownish; propodeum posteriorly and T1 brownish; legs yellowish; fore wing hyaline (Fig. 5B), with clear yellow pterostigma, veins pale brown. Mesoscutum smooth and shiny above, rugose along its posterior margin between notauli (Fig. 5D); notauli deep, convergent posteriorly; scutellar sulcus broad, crenulate (Fig. 5D); scutellum smooth and shiny (Fig. 5D); propodeum strongly and densely areolate (Fig. 5C); mesopleuron shiny, with shallow precoxal groove, present close to ventral side (Fig. 5A); epicranial carina present, thin (Fig. 5E). Fore wing fringed with fine setae especially at apex and ventrally (Fig. 5B); vein SR1 reaching wing apex; pterostigma 5.7�� as long as its maximum width, about as long as 1���R1; vein r 0.8�� as long as vein 3���SR; vein 3-SR shorter than 2���SR; r: 3-SR: SR1= 20: 25: 73; vein r���m present, membranous (non-tubular); vein cu���a interstitial; vein 1���M straight to slightly curved (Fig. 5B). Metasoma T1 coarsely rugose, narrow, nearly parallel-sided; T2 is the largest tergite, occupying a large part of metasoma; T2���5 wider than long, coarsely rugose, each with elevated, sharp posterior margin; T6 small, nearly smooth; ovipositor 0.35�� as long as metasomal length. Material examined. 1♀, KSA: Jazan (Farasan Islands, Al ���Sajid), 16.860626N 41.932564E, 17. ii. 2017, light trap, leg. Usama M. Abu El-Ghiet & Tarek M. El-Sheikh (specimen with broken head). Remarks. The subfamily Hormiinae is recorded here for the first time for the fauna of the Arabian Peninsula. From the generic point of view, our specimen is very close to Parahormius Nixon, but differs from it by the presence of an epicnemial carina (Fig. 5E), that can be used to differentiate between the genera Hormius and Parahormius (based on Sharkey et al., 2021 key, p. 310; M. Sharkey, pers. comm.). Because of the bad condition of the specimen, we are not able to identify it to the specific level., Published as part of Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2022, New species and records of braconid wasps from Farasan Archipelago (Jazan) Saudi Arabia, with notes on Diolcogaster mayae Shestakov, pp. 49-79 in Zootaxa 5104 (1) on page 57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6257841, {"references":["Sharkey, M. J., Janzen, D. H., Hallwachs, W., Chapman, E. G., Smith, M. A., Dapkey, T., Brown, A., Ratnasingham, S., Naik, S., Manjunath, R., Perez, K., Milton, M., Hebert, P., Shaw, S. R., Kittel, R. N., Solis, M. A., Metz, M. A., Goldstein, P. Z., Brown, J. W., Quicke, D. L. J., van Achterberg, C., Brown, B. V. & Burns, J. M. (2021) Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps including host records for 219 species. ZooKeys, 1013, 1 - 665. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 1013.55600"]}

Avga saudita Gadallah & Edmardash, sp. nov. Figs 10 A–C, 11 A–C urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 5D58F822-D1CB-45C3-997C-574C62CC8B25 Type material: Holotype, ♀ (EFC), KSA: Jazan (Farasan Islands, Al-Sajid), 10.xi.2017, light trap, leg. Usama Abu El Ghiet; Paratypes: 2 ♀, same data. (paratypes with broken flagella) Diagnosis. Body yellowish to yellowish brown (including legs) (Figs 10A–C), antenna with scape, pedicel and F1–3 clear yellow (Fig. 10B), then darkened in the following segments; metasoma waxy white in middle of T1 (Fig. 10A) and ventrally. Fore wing hyaline (Fig. 11C), with veins pale brown, except veins r, 1–SR, 1–M, apical half of M + CU, 1–CU1 and 2–CU1 are dark brown; pterostigma mostly pale brown, and dark brown apically. Head and mesosoma finely and closely granulate; mesopleuron and metapleuron are smooth and shiny (Fig. 10C); sternaulus deep and linear ventrally (Fig. 10C); propodeum nearly smooth, without distinct fields, with a short median carina, extending from base (Fig. 10A); vein r of fore wing about as long as or slightly longer than vein 3–SR; vein SR1 straight, but slightly concave apically, reaching wing apex; vein r–m present but not tubular (Fig. 11C); ovipositor sheath dark brown, about 0.3× as long as metasoma (Fig. 10B). Description. Holotype ♀, length of body (excluding ovipositor): 4.1mm.; length of fore wing: 4.2mm. Colour. Body yellowish to yellowish brown (including legs), antenna with scape, pedicel, and F1–3 clear yellow, rest of flagellum (unbroken part) darkened; mandible yellowish, with black tip; palpi whitish; metasoma waxy white ventrally. Fore wing hyaline, with veins pale brown, except veins r, 1–SR, 1-M, apical half of M + CU, 1–CU1 and 2–CU1 are dark brown; pterostigma mostly pale brown, and dark brown apically. Head (Figs 11A, B). Finely granulate dorsally; frons medially, just behind antennal bases, slightly swollen and shiny; area between stemmaticum and antennal bases distinctly depressed; inner orbits of eyes slightly emarginate above; eye in dorsal view 2.6× as long as temple; OOL: OD: POL = 35: 29: 17; malar space 1.3× as long as basal width of mandible; scape equal both ventrally and dorsally; pedicel slightly more swollen than F1, slightly shorter than scape; F1 about 5.0× as long as wide, 1.3× as long as F2; F2–4 about equal sized, 3.8× as long as wide; mandible with two subequal, sharp teeth. Mesosoma (Figs 10A–C) 2.0× as long as its height. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum finely granulate; mesoscutum clothed with dense, fine whitish setae, becoming few along lateral and posterior margins of mesoscutellum; notauli very weak to indistinct; propodeum nearly smooth, with a short median longitudinal carina at base not reaching posterior margin; mesopleuron smooth and shiny, with a deep linear sternaulus ventrally. Fore wing (Fig. 11C). Vein r arising very near to the middle of pterostigma; SR1 straight, slightly concave near to apex, reaching wing apex; 2–SR+M very short, hardly seen; vein r 0.75× as long as pterostigma width, about slightly longer than vein 3–SR; pterostigma about as long as or slightly longer than vein 1–R1; vein 1–M nearly straight; vein cu–a postfurcal; r: 3–SR: SR1 = 15: 13: 90. Legs moderately long and slender; metatibia distinctly longer than hind femur, 1.3×; hind basitarsus slightly shorter than following tarsomeres combined. Metasoma (Figs 10A–C). Pear-shaped, T1 conical, slightly widened posteriorly, about 0.8× as long as its posterior width, finely rugose to nearly smooth; T2 relatively large, with sclerotized inverted U laterally, membranous and skin-like medially, rest of tergites band-like, distinctly wider than long; T3 membranous medially, sclerotized areas of tergites smooth and shiny; ovipositor sheath 0.3× as long as metasoma in lateral view. Remarks. The subfamily Pambolinae is recorded here for the first time for the fauna of the Arabian Peninsula. Etymology. The name saudita is derived from the country locality (Saudi Arabia) from which the specimen was collected and described. Distribution. Saudi Arabia (Farasan Islands, Jazan).

Avga saudita Gadallah & Edmardash, sp. nov. Figs 10 A���C, 11 A���C urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 5D58F822-D1CB-45C3-997C-574C62CC8B25 Type material: Holotype, ♀ (EFC), KSA: Jazan (Farasan Islands, Al-Sajid), 10.xi.2017, light trap, leg. Usama Abu El Ghiet; Paratypes: 2 ♀, same data. (paratypes with broken flagella) Diagnosis. Body yellowish to yellowish brown (including legs) (Figs 10A���C), antenna with scape, pedicel and F1���3 clear yellow (Fig. 10B), then darkened in the following segments; metasoma waxy white in middle of T1 (Fig. 10A) and ventrally. Fore wing hyaline (Fig. 11C), with veins pale brown, except veins r, 1���SR, 1���M, apical half of M + CU, 1���CU1 and 2���CU1 are dark brown; pterostigma mostly pale brown, and dark brown apically. Head and mesosoma finely and closely granulate; mesopleuron and metapleuron are smooth and shiny (Fig. 10C); sternaulus deep and linear ventrally (Fig. 10C); propodeum nearly smooth, without distinct fields, with a short median carina, extending from base (Fig. 10A); vein r of fore wing about as long as or slightly longer than vein 3���SR; vein SR1 straight, but slightly concave apically, reaching wing apex; vein r���m present but not tubular (Fig. 11C); ovipositor sheath dark brown, about 0.3�� as long as metasoma (Fig. 10B). Description. Holotype ♀, length of body (excluding ovipositor): 4.1mm.; length of fore wing: 4.2mm. Colour. Body yellowish to yellowish brown (including legs), antenna with scape, pedicel, and F1���3 clear yellow, rest of flagellum (unbroken part) darkened; mandible yellowish, with black tip; palpi whitish; metasoma waxy white ventrally. Fore wing hyaline, with veins pale brown, except veins r, 1���SR, 1-M, apical half of M + CU, 1���CU1 and 2���CU1 are dark brown; pterostigma mostly pale brown, and dark brown apically. Head (Figs 11A, B). Finely granulate dorsally; frons medially, just behind antennal bases, slightly swollen and shiny; area between stemmaticum and antennal bases distinctly depressed; inner orbits of eyes slightly emarginate above; eye in dorsal view 2.6�� as long as temple; OOL: OD: POL = 35: 29: 17; malar space 1.3�� as long as basal width of mandible; scape equal both ventrally and dorsally; pedicel slightly more swollen than F1, slightly shorter than scape; F1 about 5.0�� as long as wide, 1.3�� as long as F2; F2���4 about equal sized, 3.8�� as long as wide; mandible with two subequal, sharp teeth. Mesosoma (Figs 10A���C) 2.0�� as long as its height. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum finely granulate; mesoscutum clothed with dense, fine whitish setae, becoming few along lateral and posterior margins of mesoscutellum; notauli very weak to indistinct; propodeum nearly smooth, with a short median longitudinal carina at base not reaching posterior margin; mesopleuron smooth and shiny, with a deep linear sternaulus ventrally. Fore wing (Fig. 11C). Vein r arising very near to the middle of pterostigma; SR1 straight, slightly concave near to apex, reaching wing apex; 2���SR+M very short, hardly seen; vein r 0.75�� as long as pterostigma width, about slightly longer than vein 3���SR; pterostigma about as long as or slightly longer than vein 1���R1; vein 1���M nearly straight; vein cu���a postfurcal; r: 3���SR: SR1 = 15: 13: 90. Legs moderately long and slender; metatibia distinctly longer than hind femur, 1.3��; hind basitarsus slightly shorter than following tarsomeres combined. Metasoma (Figs 10A���C). Pear-shaped, T1 conical, slightly widened posteriorly, about 0.8�� as long as its posterior width, finely rugose to nearly smooth; T2 relatively large, with sclerotized inverted U laterally, membranous and skin-like medially, rest of tergites band-like, distinctly wider than long; T3 membranous medially, sclerotized areas of tergites smooth and shiny; ovipositor sheath 0.3�� as long as metasoma in lateral view. Remarks. The subfamily Pambolinae is recorded here for the first time for the fauna of the Arabian Peninsula. Etymology. The name saudita is derived from the country locality (Saudi Arabia) from which the specimen was collected and described. Distribution. Saudi Arabia (Farasan Islands, Jazan)., Published as part of Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2022, New species and records of braconid wasps from Farasan Archipelago (Jazan) Saudi Arabia, with notes on Diolcogaster mayae Shestakov, pp. 49-79 in Zootaxa 5104 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6257841

Adelius aridus (Tobias, 1967) Figs 3A���D Myriola arida Tobias, 1967: 392. Acaelius arida Shenefelt, 1973: 670. Adelius arida Tobias, 1986: 591. Diagnosis. Body with head and thorax yellowish brown, metasoma waxy white, with the last three to four tergites dark brown (Figs 3A, B, D); legs yellowish; antenna yellowish basally, dark brown at apical half (Fig. 3A); fore wing hyaline, with slight infuscation behind pterostigma, pterostigma dark brown, colourless or very pale at extreme base and apex (Fig. 3C). Head transverse, 1.9�� as wide as its length, slightly wider than mesosoma (Fig. 3B); temple rounded, 0.6�� as long as eye in dorsal view (Fig. 3B); antenna filiform, somewhat longer than body (Fig. 3A). Mesoscutum densely finely punctate, uniformly setose throughout (Fig. 3B); scutellar sulcus crenulate (Fig. 3B); scutellum with sparse setae; propodeum areolate. With three rectangular areolae at base, and a narrow one apically; mesopleuron finely coriaceous, separated from metapleuron with a crenulate sulcus; metapleuron strigate (Fig. 3D). Wings slightly shorter than body (Fig. 3A); pterostigma enlarged, 2.4�� as long as its maximum width, with vein 1���R1 reduced; veins 2���SR and 3���SR+SR1 issued from the same point; vein 3���SR+ SR1 only sclerotized at base, vein 1���SR+M nearly straight, vein 1���M slightly curved, to nearly straight (Fig. 3C). Ovipositor sheath short, rounded apically, with few long fine setae (Fig. 3A). Material examined. 1♀, KSA: Jazan (Farasan Islands, Al-Sajid), 16. 860626N 41.932564E, 25.i. 2017, light trap, leg. Usama M. Abu El-Ghiet & Tarek M. El-Sheikh. General distribution. Iran, Turkmenistan (Derafshan et al. 2019), Saudi Arabia (Farasan Islands, Jazan) (new record). Remarks. This is the first record of the genus Adelius for the Arabian Peninsula. The Saudi Arabian specimen agrees with the Iranian specimens of A. aridus (see Derafshan et al. 2019). It only differs from the Iranian specimen in having the antennae slightly longer than the body (slightly shorter in the Iranian specimens. 0.9�� measured from Fig. 5B of Derafshan et al. (2019))., Published as part of Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2022, New species and records of braconid wasps from Farasan Archipelago (Jazan) Saudi Arabia, with notes on Diolcogaster mayae Shestakov, pp. 49-79 in Zootaxa 5104 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6257841, {"references":["Tobias, V. I. (1967) [Middle Asian species of braconids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) taken with light quartz lamp.]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Leningrad, 38, 382 - 396.","Shenefelt, R. D. (1973) Braconidae 6. Cheloninae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus (novo editio), 10, 813 - 936.","Tobias, V. I. (1986) Cheloninae. In: Medvedev G. S. (ed.) ' Opredelitel Nasekomych Evrospeiskoi Tsasti SSSR. 3, Peredpontdakrylye 4. Opr. Faune SSSR ' 145, 1 - 501. Pp. 293 - 335."]}

Diolcogaster mayae (Shestakov, 1932) Figs 6 A, B, 7 A���D, 8A���D Microgaster mayae Shestakov, 1932: 260. Description of female (Saudi Arabia; Farasan Islands, form D). Body length: 3.2mm; fore wing length: 3.0mm; length of antenna: 0.82mm. Colour (Figs 6 A, B, 7 A, C, 8 A���D). Head black, with face (behind antennal bases) dark reddish brown, with a median yellow, longitudinal streak, extending a distance behind antennal bases to base of clypeus; clypeus and mandible yellow (except tip of mandible black); eyes in dorsal view lined with thin yellow; scapus and pedicle yellow, flagellum dark brown; mesosoma and metasoma (except whitish T1 and T2) yellowish; legs clear yellow; ovipositor sheath dark brown. Fore wing hyaline, with pterostigma clear yellow; veins r, areola, 1���M, 1���CU1, 2���CU1, cu-a are dark brown; while veins 1���SR+M, m���cu, 2���SR+M, M+CU1 are non-tubular. Head (Figs 7A���C, 8A). Densely finely punctate; occiput smooth and shiny; head height 7.7�� temple length; preapical flagellomeres longer than wide, slender (not moniliform), F2, F12, F13, F14, penultimate, and apical flagellomeres: 2.8, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2.5�� as long as wide, respectively. Gena distinctly smaller than eye width, 0.3�� as wide as eye width; malar space extremely short; maximum width of interocular line 9.2�� as long as malar space; eye very large, distinctly bulged, densely setose, its height 1.6�� its width, its height 8.1�� temple length; eye height 13.9�� malar space; OD 3.6�� OOL, POL 5.0�� OOL. Face medially, under antennal bases with distinct longitudinal carina, not reaching clypeal base. Mesosoma (Figs 7D, 8A, C). Mesoscutum densely finely punctate, densely setose (except anteriorly); scutellum densely punctate as mesoscutum, punctures somewhat superficial, elevated medially, slightly darker medially, with inwardly directed whitish setae, 0.9�� as long as basal width; propodeum smooth and shiny, with a median branched carina, shortly bifurcated apically, in the form of an inverted U; as well as a lateral, short, curved irregular carina, appearing as if forming closed areola postero-laterally; SOS with four short, unequal rugae posteriorly; mesopleuron with precoxal area smooth and shiny; metapleuron smooth and shiny anteriorly, rugose posteriorly. Legs (Figs 6A, B). Metacoxa extremely large, extending to anterior margin of metasomal T3, together with metafemur are densely finely punctate along outer surfaces; metafemur 3.4�� as long as wide, 0.9�� as long as metatibia; inner metatibial apical spur 0.6�� as long as basitarsus. Wings (Fig 8B). Vein R1 of fore wing 1.3�� as long as pterostigmal length; pterostigma 2.9�� as long as its width; vein r 1.5�� as long as vein 2RS; vein r���m 1.4 as long as 3RS. Hind wing with vein cu���a straight. Metasoma (Figs 7D, 8D). Metasomal T1 with strong medio-longitudinal sulcus; medial length of T1 2.65�� as long as anterior width, and 2.75�� its posterior width; T2 transverse, with a median field, 1.8�� as wide as its length; T3 distinctly longer than T2, smooth, without any trace of median field; rest of tergites smooth and setose; ovipositor sheath dark brown, with fine whitish setae, 0.13�� as long as metatibia. Material examined. 1♀, Jazan, Farasan Islands (Al-Sajid), 16.860626N 41.932564E, 25.I.2017 (light trap), leg. Usama Abu El-Ghiet & Tarek El-Sheikh. Distribution. Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Israel-Palestine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Romania, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen (Ghafouri Moghaddam et al. 2019). Remarks. In the present study, the genus Diolcogaster is recorded for the first time for the fauna of Saudi Arabia. Characters of the Saudi Arabian specimen agree with those of D. mayae in the key of Ghafouri Moghaddam et al. (2019, alternative of couple 3, p. 100), as well as Table (3) (p. 106). The species is known by its high intraspecific variability (colour and measurements), in which three forms (A���C) were recorded in the Iranian fauna (see Ghafouri Moghaddam et al. 2019), as well as other hot countries including Yemen. We designate this Saudi Arabian specimen of D. mayae as form D. It is closest to form B, but differs from form B in the following: head black, with face behind antennal bases ferruginous, with a yellow longitudinal streak extending a distance from antennal bases to clypeal base (Fig. 7A) (entirely black in form B of Iran, see Ghafouri Moghaddam et al. (2019), Fig. 11D, p. 113); mesosoma yellow, slightly darker on mesoscutum and middle of scutellum (Fig. 7D), while propodeum honey yellowish (Fig. 8C) (brownish on mesosoma and dark brown on propodeum of Iranian specimens, see Ghafouri Moghaddam et al. (2019), Figs 12A, B, p. 114); pterostigma clear honey yellow (Fig. 8B) (dark brown in the Iranian specimens, see Ghafouri Moghaddam et al. (2019), Fig. 12F, p. 114); metatibia clear yellow, somewhat whitish at basal third (Fig. 6B) (reddish yellow in the Iranian form); antenna shorter than body, 0.82�� as long as body (Fig. 6A) (longer than body in the Iranian form); metasomal T3 without any trace of median field (Fig. 8D) (with weak median field in the Iranian form). These are in addition to morphometric differences provided in Table 1. On the other hand, giving the proximity of Farasan Islands (Jazan) with Yemen, and that form A of D. mayae is the only form collected from Yemen (Ghafouri Moghaddam, pers. comm.), a comparison of our specimen with form A (Ghafouri Moghaddam et al. 2019), shows that they are completely different by the predominance of black on the body; the pale spot on pterostigma of fore wing; and the bicoloured metatibia (see Figs 7���10, Ghafouri Moghaddam et al. 2019). Extensive studies should be carried out on this species as a great deal of morphological variation is seen among samples studied from the Arabian Peninsula (Fernandez-Triana, pers. comm.), and is likely to be a species complex. Due to the scarcity of specimens, we considered our specimen to be another form of D. mayae. There are many differences in morphometric measurements (see Table 1) between our Saudi Arabian specimen and the forms in Ghafouri Moghaddam et al. (2019)., Published as part of Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2022, New species and records of braconid wasps from Farasan Archipelago (Jazan) Saudi Arabia, with notes on Diolcogaster mayae Shestakov, pp. 49-79 in Zootaxa 5104 (1) on pages 59-60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6257841, {"references":["Shestakov, A. (1932) Zur Kenntnis der asiatischen Braconiden. Zoologische Annalen. Wurzburg, 99, 255 - 263.","Ghafouri Moghaddam, M., Rakhshani, E., van Achterberg, C. & Mokhtari, A. (2019) A taxonomic review of the genus Diolcogaster Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) in Iran, distribution and morphological variability. Zootaxa, 4590 (1), 95 - 124. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4590.1.4"]}

Gnamptodon sp. Figs 4 A���D Colour (Figs 4A���C, E): Head, mandible (except tip black), scape of antenna, two basal metasomal segments, legs, tegula clear yellowish, mesosoma and rest of metasomal tergites shiny black; antennal pedicel and basal two flagellomeres reddish brown, rest of flagellomeres black (broken); palpi whitish. Wings hyaline, pterostigma brown, veins partly pale brown (Fig. 4D). Head (Figs 4B, C). With scattered fine, whitish, appressed setae; antenna filiform, F1 about 1.29�� F2; F1 and F2 about 4.0�� and 3.0�� as long as wide, respectively; face convex when seen in lateral view; vertex coriaceous, rest of head smooth; malar space 1.3�� as long as basal width of mandible. Mesosoma (Fig. 4A). Length of mesosoma 1.5�� as long as its maximum width; all smooth and shiny, with few scattered whitish setae; mesoscutum without median sulcus, notauli short, not reaching middle of mesoscutum; scutellar suture narrow, linear; propodeum smooth, without median longitudinal carina, with slightly roundly protruding postero-lateral corners. Fore wing (Fig. 4D) hyaline, with brownish pterostigma and pale brown veins, radial cell short, distance between fore wing apex and apex of marginal cell 2.2�� length of 1R1; vein r very short, slightly shorter than vein 3���SR; vein SR1 7.0�� as long as vein 3���SR; pterostigma 1.7�� as long as 1R1; 1CU1:2CU1= 8: 62; vein SR1 slightly curved. Metasoma (Figs 4A, E). Smooth and shiny, with few scattered setae; T1 smooth, widened posteriorly, apical width 2.0�� basal width, 0.6�� as long as its apical width; T2 with a deep, linear transverse sulcus, with a transverse elevation close to basal margin, median length of basal elevation 0.4�� median length of the rest of tergite; T3 shorter than T2 (0.8��). Material examined. 1♂, KSA: Jazan (Farasan Islands, Park 2), 16.715789N 42.080407E, 5. iii. 2017, sweep net, leg. Usama M. Abul El-Ghiet & Tarek M. El-Sheikh. Remarks. In the present study, the subfamily Gnamptodontinae is recorded for the first time for the Arabian Peninsula from Farasan Islands (Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). The specimen does not agree with any of the Afrotropical species included in van Achterberg���s key (1983), or those of Fischer���s (1987). However, because of the bad condition of the specimen, we have refrained from allocating a species name until more specimens are collected., Published as part of Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2022, New species and records of braconid wasps from Farasan Archipelago (Jazan) Saudi Arabia, with notes on Diolcogaster mayae Shestakov, pp. 49-79 in Zootaxa 5104 (1) on pages 56-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6257841, {"references":["Fischer, M. (1987) Hymenoptera Braconidae (Opiinae III) - athiopische, orientalische, australische und ozeanische Region. Das Tierreich, 104, 1 - 734."]}

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). 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. 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., Published as part of Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2022, New species and records of braconid wasps from Farasan Archipelago (Jazan) Saudi Arabia, with notes on Diolcogaster mayae Shestakov, pp. 49-79 in Zootaxa 5104 (1) on pages 68-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6257841, {"references":["Enderlein, G. (1920) Zur Kenntnis aussereuropaischer Braconiden. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 84 (A), 11 (1918), 51 - 224. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 13627"]}

Aleiodes subpallidator Edmardash & Gadallah sp. nov. Figs 15 A, B, 16 A���D, 17 A���E urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: FABD3356-A9CD-4B1A-B2DC-D1C389A9CDF1 Type material: Holotype, ♀ (EFC), Saudi Arabia (Farasan Archipelago, Al-Sajid), 16.86026N, 41.932564E, 17.xi.2017, light trap, leg. Usama Abu El-Ghiet & Tarek M. El-Sheikh. Diagnosis. Head (except black stemmaticum), mesosoma and posterior end of metasoma brownish in colour (Figs 15A, B, 17D); scapus slightly, but distinctly oblique apically, longer dorsally than ventrally (Fig. 16A); OOL about as long as diameter of posterior ocellus; occipital carina well seen ventrally, weak dorsally, reaching hypostomal carina; notauli absent on mesoscutum (Fig. 16D); vein 2���CU1 of fore wing 2.9 �� as long as 1���CU1 (Fig. 17A); vein 1���SR very short, connected with vein 1���M at the same level (Fig. 17A), vein 1���M slightly curved posteriorly (Fig. 17A); metasomal T4 superficially granulate to nearly smooth (Fig. 17D); fore wing 2.8mm; malar space 0.2 �� height of eye (Fig. 16A); marginal cell of hind wing parallel-sided apically (Fig. 17B); metatibia with inner comb of blunt bristles apically (Fig. 17C). Description. Holotype, ♀, length of body 3.5 mm; length of fore wing 2.8 mm. Colour (Figs 15A, B, 16B). Head and mesosoma (except propodeum), as well as end tergites brownish, propodeum and legs straw yellow; tegula pale yellow; stemmaticum black; wings (Figs 17A, B) hyaline, with pale brownish to yellowish veins, pterostigma bright yellow; antenna yellow, with apical half of flagellum brownish (apices broken). Head (Figs 16A���C).Antennae with broken flagella, scapus oblique apically, longer dorsally than ventrally; face superficially punctulate, shiny; OOL about as long as posterior ocellus diameter, finely rugose; vertex granulaterugose; clypeus somewhat convex, small, finely coriaceous, ventral margin concave; width of hypoclypeal depression 0.3�� minimal width of face; face very finely granulate; occipital carina complete, but weak dorsally, meeting hypostomal carina ventrally; clypeus located slightly above lower level of eye; malar space 0.2�� as long as height of eye laterally; eye distinctly bulged, with slight, but distinct emergination at uppermost part of inner orbits. Mesosoma (Fig. 16D). Mesoscutum very finely coriaceous throughout, notauli absent, posterior margin straight; mesopleuron and metapleuron very finely coriaceous-rugose throughout, rather shiny; scutellum somewhat convex, finely and superficially dotted to coriaceous, without lateral carina; propodeum finely rugose, with a complete median longitudinal carina. Wings (Figs 17A, B). Fore wing: vein r 0.45�� vein 3SR; 1���CU1 slightly oblique, 0.34�� as long as 2���CU1; vein r���m 0.54�� vein 2���SR, and 0.34�� vein 3���SR; SMC2 elongate, trapezoidal; vein 1���SR short, straight with 1���M; cu���a rather oblique, somewhat reduced ventrally; vein CU1a distinctly curved at base; vein 1���M slightly curved posteriorly. Hind wing: apical half of marginal cell parallel-sided; vein 2���SC+R very short; vein m-cu greatly reduced, as being just an unpigmented fold; M+CU 1.77�� as long as 1���M; 1r���m 0.5�� 1���M. Legs (Figs 15A, B, 17C). Claws simple, setose; hind coxa superficially coriaceous; femora thin and slender; hind trochantellus 2.9�� as long as ventrally as apical width; metatibia with an inner transparent comb of blunt bristles apically; inner metatibia spur 0.18�� as long as hind basitarsus; two metatibia spurs nearly equal in size. Metasoma (Figs 17D, E). Metasomal T1 0.84�� as long as its posterior width, flattened and lamellate laterally; T1, T2 and base of T3 finely longitudinally rugose, T1 and T2 with strong longitudinal median carina; mediobasal smooth area of T2 absent; remainder of metasomal tergites superficially coriaceous to nearly smooth. Lateral sides of metasomal tergites with fine, short whitish setae. Ovipositor sheath short, slender, tapering at end, nearly smooth. Distribution. So far Saudi Arabia (Farasan Islands, Jazan). Remarks. The new species closely resembles Aleiodes pallidator (Thunberg) (based on the description of van Achterberg & Shaw, 2016), but differs from A. pallidator in the following combination of characters: notauli completely absent (Fig. 17D) (in A. pallidator notauli present, narrow, shallow and crenulate (Fig. 15C)); inner apex of metatibia with comb of transparent, blunt bristles (Fig. 17C) (in A. pallidator inner apex of metatibia without comb of bristles); ovipositor sheath not densely setose, very short (hardly seen in lateral view), tapering apically (Fig. 17E) (in A. pallidator ovipositor sheath densely setose, well-seen in lateral view, rounded apically). Measurements of fore wing veins (Fig. 17A): vein r 0.45�� vein 3���SR (0.3�� in A. pallidator); 1���CU1 slightly oblique (horizontal in A. pallidator); vein r���m 0.54�� vein 2���SR (0.7�� in A. pallidator), and 0.34�� vein 3���SR (0.4�� in A. pallidator); vein 1���SR short, straight with 1���M (angled with 1���M in A. pallidator); cu���a rather oblique, somewhat reduced ventrally; vein CU1a distinctly curved at base; vein 1���M slightly curved posteriorly. Etymology. The name subpallidator is named with reference to the similarity of this species to Aleiodes pallidator., Published as part of Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2022, New species and records of braconid wasps from Farasan Archipelago (Jazan) Saudi Arabia, with notes on Diolcogaster mayae Shestakov, pp. 49-79 in Zootaxa 5104 (1) on pages 72-76, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6257841, {"references":["van Achterberg, C. & Shaw, M. R. (2016) Revision of western Palaearctic species of Aleiodes Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae). Part I: Introduction, key to species groups, outlying distinctive species, and revisionary notes on some further species. ZooKeys, 639, 1 - 164. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 639.10893"]}

Yelicones aff. vojnitsi Papp, 1992 Figs 9A���F Yelicones vojnitsi Papp, 1992: 152, 153. Diagnosis. elongated species (Fig. 9A), with head and mesosoma dark reddish brown (Figs 9B, C), metasoma (Fig. 9F), hind leg and basal half of antenna yellowish red; stemmaticum black; base of hind tibia and tarsus pale yellowish; fore wing slightly infuscate, pterostigma dark brown, clear yellow at base (Fig. 9D), veins pale brown. Head transverse, about 1.5�� as wide as long; vertex to ocellar area extending medially (narrowly) to base of clypeus peculiarly wrinkled (Fig. 9B); face 1.75�� as wide as its height; temple short and constricted behind eye, 0.3�� as long as eye height; 29 antennomeres, last flagellomeres submoniliform, last one with fine spine apically; mesoscutum densely punctate that are denser and closer on lateral lobes (Fig. 9C); propodeum coarsely rugose, transversely wrinkled posteriorly (Fig. 9C); mesopleuron shiny, nearly smooth to superficially punctate (Fig. 9A); fore wing with pterostigma 0.77�� as long as 1R1; marginal cell ending closer to wing apex; cell 2a relatively large, vein 2���SR+M non tubular medially; vein r relatively long and oblique, issued from near to the middle of pterostigma to base, r vein of fore wing 1.5�� as long as 3-SR, r: 3���SR: SR1 = 29: 19: 76; vein 1���SR linearly connected with 1���M; vein 1���M slightly curved to nearly straight; vein M+CU distinctly curved; cu-a postfurcal, vein 1���CU1 0.5�� as long as 2���CU1 (Fig. 9D); metasomal T1 distinctly widened posteriorly, its posterior margin 2.4�� as wide as its basal margin, not protruding posteriorly; all T1 and most of T2 (except posteriorly) longitudinally rugose; rest of tergites smooth and shiny, with few setae (Fig. 9F). Ovipositor sheaths very short, hardly exserted from tip of metasoma. Material examined. 1♀, KSA: Jazan (Farasan Islands, Al-Sajid), 16.860626N 41.932564E, 5. iii. 2017, light trap, leg. Usama M. Abu El-Ghiet & Tarek M. El-Sheikh. General distribution. Egypt, Oman (Quicke & Chishti, 1997), Saudi Arabia (Farasan Islands, Jazan) (new record). Remarks. The genus Yelicones is a first record for the fauna of Saudi Arabia. Characters of the Saudi Arabian specimen agree well with the Omani specimen in Quicke & Chishti���s key (1997, couplet 7, p. 78), except for: shortest distance between hind ocelli 0.9�� to nearly as long as distance between hind ocellus and eye (in Omani specimens, 1.8-2.5��); length of head behind eye 0.52�� as long as horizontal length of eye (measured perpendicular to plane of face) (In Omani specimens, 0.65��); the general body colour which is uniformly reddish yellow in the Omani specimens (in Saudi Arabian specimen, head and mesosoma dark reddish yellow with some parts ferruginous, metasoma orange). It also agrees with Papp���s key (1992, couplet 6, p. 155), as well as Papp���s description (1992, p. 152). It differs from the Tanzanian specimens (Papp 1992) in the following: temple 0.3�� as long as eye height (0.5�� in Tanzanian specimens); pterostigma 3.0�� as long as wide (2.64�� in Tanzanian specimen); vein r 1.6�� as long as pterostigmal width (slightly longer than pterostigmal width in Tanzanian specimens); SR1 4.0�� as long as 3���SR (4.5-5.0�� in the Tanzanian specimens); posterior width of T1 2.4�� as wide as its basal width (twice in the Tanzanian specimens). In addition to the above-mentioned references. Our specimen is compared with coloured photos of Y. vojnitsi from Egypt, Gambia and Namibia (British Museum of Natural History (London) (NHML)). All specimens are in bad condition, however, the main difference that could be seen is the general body colour, which is yellowish red (except black stemmaticum), while in our specimen, head and mesosoma are dark red, with some parts ferruginous, and metasoma light yellowish red., Published as part of Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2022, New species and records of braconid wasps from Farasan Archipelago (Jazan) Saudi Arabia, with notes on Diolcogaster mayae Shestakov, pp. 49-79 in Zootaxa 5104 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6257841, {"references":["Papp, J. (1992) New braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, 3. Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici, 84, 129 - 160.","Quicke, D. L. J. & Chishti, M. J. K. (1997) A revision of the Yelicones species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) from Africa and The Arabian Peninsula, with description of four new species. African Entomology, 5 (1), 77 - 91"]}

Hormius sculpturatus Tobias, 1967 (Figs 1 (localities 4, 10, 11), 6A���C, 10B) Hormius sculpturatus Tobias, 1967: 386 Body length: 3.3���3.4mm (excluding ovipositor) Coloration: head, mesoscutum, scutellum, mesopleuron reddish; metanotum, propodeum and mesosternum black; metasoma with T1 medially dark brown to black; rest of metasoma whitish with some parts pale brown in male and reddish-brown in female; scape, pedicel and basal half of flagellum reddish, rest of flagellum dark brown to black; legs straw yellow; wing hyaline with pale yellow pterostigma darkened apically; wing veins brownish; mandible pale yellow with black teeth. Diagnosis. head smooth to weakly rugose, with fine transverse wrinkles (when seen from dorsal aspect); eye in dorsal view 1.85 �� as long as temple; OOL: OD: POL= 12: 4.3: 5.5; malar space about as long as basal width of mandible; mesosoma 1.97 �� as long as its height; mesoscutum (except posteriorly) and scutellum smooth and shiny; mesopleuron smooth and shiny except its anterior part finely punctate; propodeum coarsely rugose; antenna 21-segmented in female (23 in male), F1 0.68 �� as long as F2, and 1.8 �� its width apically; maxillary palp 0.85 �� as long as head height; SR1 vein of fore wing not reaching wing apex, r 0.92 �� as long as width of pterostigma; r: 3-SR: SRl = 18: 10: 79; hind wing: 2-SC+R: 1 r-m = 0.52; metasoma 2.6���3.2�� as long as its maximum width, with long oval-shaped spiracular plates along lateral sides of T2���T6; T1 nearly as long as its apical width; ovipositor distinctly shorter than 0.5 �� length of metasoma; ovipositor sheath slightly less than 0.14 �� fore wing length, 1.50 �� width of T1 apically and slightly more than 0.26���0.29 �� metasomal length. Material examined: 3♀, Sharm El Sheikh, Ras Mohammad, near Diver Training Rest (South Sinai) [27��51��� 14.512��� N, 34��16��� 58.2��� E] (Fig. 1, locality 10), 24.iv.2016, sweep net, leg. Y. Edmardash; 1♀, Farafrah Oasis, Beir 5 [27��03.81��� N, 27��55.47��� E] (Fig.1, locality 4), 23.ii.2014, sweep net, on Medicago sativa, leg. Usama Abu El Ghiet; 1♂, Sharm El Sheikh, Wadi Khoshb (South Sinai) [27��49��� 12.9��� N, 34��16��� 7.001��� E] (Fig. 1, locality 11, 23.iv.2016, yellow pain, leg. Y. Edmardash. General distribution: Eastern Palaearctic (Yu et al. 2016) Variations: in some females, scape and pedicel of antenna dark reddish brown, flagellum clear red., Published as part of Edmardash, Yusuf A., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2020, First record of Hormiini F��rster, 1863, and Macrocentrinae F��rster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the fauna of Egypt, with the description of a new species, pp. 555-570 in Zootaxa 4722 (6) on pages 563-564, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3610928, {"references":["Tobias, V. I. (1967) Middle Asian species of braconids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) taken with light quartz lamp. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, Leningrad, 38, 382 - 396.","Yu, D. S., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad 2016. Ichneumonoidea 2015. Nepean, Ontario, Canada. Database on flash-drive. Available from: www. taxapad. com (accessed 20 July 2019)"]}

Hormius propodealis (Belokobylskij, 1989) (Figs 1 (localities 1, 2), 5A, B, D, 9B, E) Anhormius propodealis Belokobylskij, 1989: 376–392 Body length: 3.0 mm. (excluding ovipositor) Coloration: head and mesoscutum dark yellow to orange, antenna entirely dark brown; propodeum and T1 darker (brownish); rest of metasoma, legs and ovipositor pale yellow; wing hyaline, with yellowish veins, veins 1- M and 1-SR+M very pale and hardly seen, pterostigma pale yellow with upper and lower margins dark, ovipositor sheath darker. Diagnosis. Head smooth and shiny; eye in dorsal view 2.35 × as long as temple; OOL: OD: POL = 9:4: 7.5; malar space 0.85 × as long as basal width of mandible; antenna 17-segmented, densely setose, length of F1 0.65 × length of F2, and 1.7 × its width apically, with last segment pointed distally; maxillary palp 0.61 × as long as height of head; temple behind eye somewhat narrow and slightly contracted; mesosoma 1.51 × as long as its height; mesoscutum smooth, with deep linear notauli that are convergent posteriorly; propodeum with dense network of longitudinal and transverse carinae leading to the formation of eight (-seven) areolae, integument smooth in between; Radial vein of fore wing reaching wing apex, r 1.1 × as long as width of pterostigma, r: 3-SR: SRl = 23: 20: 84; metasoma 2.4 × as long as its maximum width; T1 smooth, somewhat coarser medioposteriorly, 2.59 × as long as its apical width; ovipositor sheath relatively thick, pointed apically, almost as long as or slightly shorter than T1 (when seen from lateral view), slightly less than 0.20 × as long as fore wing, 1.27× width of T1 apically and slightly more than 0.25 × as long as metasomal length, with the same density of long setae along its whole length. Material examined: 1♀, Arish, El Abtal (North Sinai) [31°8’ 13.122” N, 33 49’ 57.312” E] (see Fig. 1, locality 2), x.2013, sweep net, leg. A.M. Soliman; 2♀, Aswan, Edfu Road [24°57’ 59.5” N, 32 52’ 0.012” E] (Fig. 1, locality 1), 21.iii.2014, sweep net, from sides of sugar cane fields, leg. Y. Edmardash. General distribution: Australasian and Western Palaearctic species (Yu et al. 2016; Belokobylskij, pers. comm.)., Published as part of Edmardash, Yusuf A., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2020, First record of Hormiini Förster, 1863, and Macrocentrinae Förster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the fauna of Egypt, with the description of a new species, pp. 555-570 in Zootaxa 4722 (6) on page 563, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3610928, {"references":["Belokobylskij, S. A. (1989) Braconids of the tribe Hormiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Australia. Entomologicheskoye Obozreniye, 68, 376 - 392.","Yu, D. S., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad 2016. Ichneumonoidea 2015. Nepean, Ontario, Canada. Database on flash-drive. Available from: www. taxapad. com (accessed 20 July 2019)"]}

Macrocentrus collaris (Spinola, 1808) (Figs 1 (locality 8), 8A–D, 10C–E) Bracon collaris Spinola, 1808: 140 Body length (female): 5.0 mm. (excluding ovipositor) Coloration: head above antennae (dorsally), antennal scape and pedicel are dark reddish-brown; antennal flagellum black; propodeum dark reddish brown, slightly paler posteriorly; metasoma (except T2 medio-laterally orange) as well as ovipositor sheath dark brown to black. Frons (anteriorly behind antenna) clear reddish brown; clypeus and supraclypeal area, mandibles (except black apex) yellowish to orange; mesoscutum and scutellum reddish or yellowish; palpi and legs entirely yellowish; ovipositor yellow to orange, ovipositor sheath dark brown to black. Wings hyaline giving off some colored reflections apically, veins pale brown, pterostigma dark brown, largely yellow at base. Diagnosis. eye in dorsal view 2.3 × as long as temple; inner margin of eye (just behind antennae) with short, fine yellowish pubescence; malar space distinctly shorter than basal width of mandible; clypeus slightly convex, wider than long (i.e. transverse); face smooth medially; antennal F1 1.3 × as long as F2, and 4.8 × its width apically; mandibles crossing, with inner tooth sharp and obviously shorter than outer one; temple smooth and shiny, shorter than longitudinal eye diameter; mesosoma relatively long, 1.65 × as long as its height; mesoscutum with deep notauli, dividing mesoscutum to three convex lobes that are smooth and shiny, posterior margin of mesoscutum with deep rounded depression; propodeum coarsely, transversely rugose; lateral sides of pronotum (propleuron) rugose; mesopleuron finely and superficially punctate; fore wing with r: 3-SR: SRl = 2.9: 5.2: 21; T1 1.7 × as long as its apical width; metacoxa relatively large, more than two times as long as mesocoxa; claws simple; metasomal T1 narrowed toward base, 1.7 × as long as its apical width; T2 distinctly longer than T1, parallel sided; ovipositor, at most, as long as metasomal length, with sharp pointed end, without subapical notch, ovipositor sheath flexible, 0.62 × as long as fore wing, densely setose. Male: resembles female except for: body including antenna black; legs with coxae, trochanters and femora are dark yellow to brown, rest yellowish; pterostigma narrower and largely dark brown except a small yellowish area at base; clypeus and supra-clypeal area as well as basal half of mandible, palpi somewhat yellowish to orange in color. Remarks: This species, as in all macrocentrines, has small pegs on the front side of trochantelli. Based on van Achterberg (1993a), they vary in number (2 or 3) and size (small or minute) in the different examined specimens in this species. In the Egyptian specimens, only two pegs can be seen under high magnification. Material examined: 1♀, 1♂, Ismailia, El Tal El Kebeer [30°25’19.512” N, 32°17’42.58” E] (Fig.1, locality 8), 4.x.2012, Malaise trap, leg. Samar Mahmoud. General distribution: Widely distributed in the Afrotropical, Neotropical, Oceanic, Oriental, and Palaearctic regions (Yu et al. 2016)., Published as part of Edmardash, Yusuf A., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2020, First record of Hormiini Förster, 1863, and Macrocentrinae Förster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the fauna of Egypt, with the description of a new species, pp. 555-570 in Zootaxa 4722 (6) on pages 565-568, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3610928, {"references":["Spinola, M. (1808) Insectorum Liguriae species nuvae aut rariores, quas in agro Ligustico nuger detexit descripsit, et iconibus illustravit (Hymenoptera). 2. sumptibus auctoris, typis Yves Gravier, Genua, 262 pp.","Szepligeti, G. (1892) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der ungarischen Braconiden. (Zweiter Theil). Termeszetrajzi Fuzetek, 19, 285 - 321 & 359 - 386. [in Hungarian & in German]","van Achterberg, C. (1993 a) Revision of the subfamily Macrocentrinae Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Palaearctic region. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 286, 1 - 110.","Yu, D. S., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad 2016. Ichneumonoidea 2015. Nepean, Ontario, Canada. Database on flash-drive. Available from: www. taxapad. com (accessed 20 July 2019)"]}

Avga sinaitica Edmardash & Gadallah (Figs 1 locality 12, 2A���D; 3A���D) Material examined: Holotype: ♀, Sharm El Sheikh, Ras Mohammad, Wadi Khreta (near Divers Training Rest) (South Sinai) [27��51��� 18.2��� N, 34��18��� 24.8��� E], 12.iii.2015, sweep net, leg. Y. Edmardash [EFC], see Fig.1, locality 12. Flagellum broken, only 10 and 9 flagellomeres remaining on right and left antenna respectively. Colouration: head (except area between stemmaticum and antennal bases dark brown), mesoscutum, scutellum, prosternum and mesosternum reddish to orange; mandible yellow, with black tip; antenna (except basal third of scape yellowish), stemmaticum, propodeum, T 1 and inverted U on T 2 black (middle whitish), rest of tergites brownish except posteriorly as well as middle of T 2 (whitish), sides of scutellum yellowish laterally, ovipositor reddish to orange, with black tip; ovipositor sheath dark brown to black, with reddish tip; legs (except black claws) and palpi pale yellowish; tegula, humeral plates, and metapostnotum laterally are whitish. Fore wing hyaline to very slightly smoky, with pale veins except dark brown C+SC+ R,1- R 1, 1-SR, 1-M and M+CU1 (except basal third); pterostigma uniformly yellowish to pale brown, parastigma blackish. Description. Body length: 2.6 mm. (excluding ovipositor) Head. Finely granulate dorsally, frons medially, just behind antennal bases slightly swollen; area between stemmaticum and antennal base distinctly depressed; eyes slightly emarginate above; eye in dorsal view 2.33 �� as long as temple; OOL: OD: POL = 6:4:3; malar space 1.2 �� as long as basal width of mandible. Scape of antenna slightly longer ventrally than dorsally; pedicel slightly swollen, somewhat shorter than scape; F1 5.2 �� as long as broad apically, F2���4 3.0 �� as long as broad, F5���8 2.5 �� as long as broad. Maxillary palp 0.5 �� as long as head height. Mandible with two teeth, inner tooth very short, hardly seen. Mesosoma. Mesosoma 1.29 �� as long as its height. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum finely granulate; mesoscutum clothed with minute pale setae; notauli very weak to indistinct. Mesoscutellum with weak lateral carina; propodeum finely rugose, with a weak median longitudinal carina at base not reaching posterior margin, diverging apically to form a more or less rounded smooth areola, with two smaller rounded areolae on each side, with few fine, relatively long setae laterally; mesopleuron smooth and shiny, with a deep linear sternaulus ventrally. Fore wings. Vein r arising from middle of pterostigma; SR1 straight, reaching apex of wing; 2-SR+M very short, hardly see; 2- SR slightly bent basally; cu-a postfurcal; CU1b present; length of r slightly less than 0.3 �� width of pterostigma; r: 3-SR: SRl = 6: 17.5: 80. Legs long and slender. Metasoma. Parallel-sided; T1 slightly widened posteriorly, 0.88 �� as long as its apical width; coarsely rugose, somewhat smoother medio-posteriorly; T2 with sclerotized inverted U laterally, that is smooth baso-laterally, membranous and skin-like medially; T3 membranous medially; postero-lateral margin of T5 and posterior margin of T6 with short fine pale setae; ovipositor distinctly short, ovipositor sheath slender, slightly less than 0.2 �� length of fore wing, 0.92 �� width of T1 apically and 0.24 �� as long as metasomal length, densely setose along its length, denser apically. Male. Unknown. Remarks. The new species closely resembles A. singularis Belokobylskij but differs from it in the following: fore wing r: 3-SR: SRl 6: 17.5: 80 (6: 20: 39 in singularis); T1 widened posteriorly (parallel-sided in singularis); metasoma obviously parallel-sided (pear-shaped in singularis); ovipositor longer, 0.24 �� metasomal length (distinctly shorter, 0.1 �� in singularis). Distribution. Egypt., Published as part of Edmardash, Yusuf A., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2020, First record of Hormiini F��rster, 1863, and Macrocentrinae F��rster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the fauna of Egypt, with the description of a new species, pp. 555-570 in Zootaxa 4722 (6) on pages 556-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3610928, {"references":["Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. (1811) Ichneumonides des Adsciti in Genera et familias Divisi. Magazin Gesselschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 5 (1811), 1 - 37."]}

Hormius similis Sz��pligeti, 1892 (Figs 1 (locality 3), 7A���C, 9C) Hormius similis Sz��pligeti, 1892: 297, 371 Body length: 2.4mm (excluding ovipositor) Coloration: head and mesosoma reddish (mesosoma without any black); metasoma and legs whitish (all telotarsi and claws dark brown); ovipositor brownish to dark brown; scape, pedicel and F1 yellowish to orange, rest of antenna brownish; mandibles yellowish with tips of teeth black; fore wing hyaline, pterostigma whitish with dark brown to black apex, wing veins dark brown (except whitish 1-SR+M and most of M+CU1). Diagnosis. head, mesoscutum, scutellum, mesopleuron and mesosternum are smooth and shiny; eye in dorsal view 1.2 �� as long as temple; OOL: OD: PO= 19: 6: 10; malar space 2 �� as long as width of mandible; antennal F1 1.2 �� as long as F2, and 2.6 �� its width apically; maxillary palp 0.75�� as long as head height; mesosoma 1.35 �� as long as its height; propodeum foveolate; vein SR1 of fore wing not reaching wing apex; vein 1-M regularly and obviously curved; r slightly less than 0.6 �� width of pterostigma; r: 3-SR: SRl = 18: 15: 71; metasoma 3.2 �� as long as its maximum width; T1 1.17 �� as long as its apical width; ovipositor relatively long; ovipositor sheath slender, densely setose along its whole length; ovipositor sheath about 0.28 �� as long as fore wing, 2.5 �� width of T1 apically and about 0.35 �� metasomal length. Remarks: this species was synonymized with H. moniliatus (Nees) by some authors (e.g. Tobias & Jakimavicius (1986)); however, in 1998, Belokobylskij et al. examined the specimens and they were again treated as two valid species, based on morphological characters, adding H. similis Sz��pligeti as stat. ressurr. ���. In the present study, it is obvious that they are different from each other based on characters in the key above. Other differences include: propodeum areolated in similis (coarsely sculptured in moniliatus); vertex smooth in similis (sculptured in moniliatus) (Belokobylskij et al. 1998; present study). Material examined: 1♀, El Manzala Lake, El-Salam Canal (Daqahliya) [31��13��� 42.12��� N, 32��11��� 15.6��� E] (Fig. 1, locality 3), 25.iv.2015, sweep net, on shrubs, leg. Y. Edmardash & Mustafa Mahmoud. General distribution: Western Palaearctic (Yu et al. 2016), Published as part of Edmardash, Yusuf A., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2020, First record of Hormiini F��rster, 1863, and Macrocentrinae F��rster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the fauna of Egypt, with the description of a new species, pp. 555-570 in Zootaxa 4722 (6) on page 565, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3610928, {"references":["Szepligeti, G. (1892) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der ungarischen Braconiden. (Zweiter Theil). Termeszetrajzi Fuzetek, 19, 285 - 321 & 359 - 386. [in Hungarian & in German]","Tobias, V. I. and Jakimavicius, A. B. (1986) Keys to the Fauna of the USSR. In: Medvedev, G. S. (Ed.), Insect Fauna of the European Part of the USSR, 1986, pp. 7 - 100.","Belokobylskij, S. A., Tobias V. I., Sharkey M. J. & Taeger A. (1998) Fam. Braconidae. In: Lehr P. A. (Ed.), Key to insects of the Russian Far East. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. 4 (3). Dal'nauka, Vladivostok, pp. 8 - 656.","Yu, D. S., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad 2016. Ichneumonoidea 2015. Nepean, Ontario, Canada. Database on flash-drive. Available from: www. taxapad. com (accessed 20 July 2019)"]}

Edmardash, Yusuf A., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Gadallah, Neveen S. (2020): First record of Hormiini Förster, 1863, and Macrocentrinae Förster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the fauna of Egypt, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4722 (6): 555-570, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.3

Key to Egyptian species of genus Hormius Nees 1. Ovipositor relatively long, sheath slender throughout (Fig. 7A,C); length of ovipositor sheath about 0.3�� length of fore wing, 2.5 �� width of T1 apically (Fig. 7C) and about 0.35 �� length of metasoma (Fig. 7A,C); vein 1-M of fore wing regularly and distinctly curved (Fig. 7B); mesosoma uniformly yellowish or reddish but not brownish, without any black parts (Fig. 7A); Length of T1 about 1.2 �� its apical width (Fig. 9C)............................................ H. similis Sz��pligeti - Ovipositor short, sheath somewhat thick near to middle (Figs 4A, 5C, 6C, 9F); length of ovipositor sheath 0.14���0.2 �� length of fore wing, 0.8���1.5�� width of T1 apically (Figs. 4A, 6C) and about 0.26���0.29�� length of metasoma (Figs. 4A, 6A, C); vein 1-M of fore wing more or less straight (Fig. 4B); mesosoma brownish (never yellowish), with some black (Figs 4A, 6A); length of T1 either as long as, 1.5 ��, or 2.6 �� its apical width (Figs 6C, 9A, B)............................................. 2 2. Rs of fore wing not reaching wing apex (Fig. 6B); metasoma relatively long, usually parallel-sided, up to 1.7 �� as long as mesosoma (Fig. 6A); length of metasoma 2.6���3.2 �� as long as its maximum width (Fig. 6A, C)......... H. sculpturatus Tobias - Rs of fore wing reaching wing apex (Figs 4B, 5A); metasoma shorter, oval to pear shape (Figs 4A, 5B); length of metasoma 1.44���2.4�� as long as its maximum width (Figs 4A, 5B)....................................................... 3 3. Metasoma pear-shaped, broad at base and pointed apically, densely setose on posterior tergites laterally (Fig. 5B); pterostigma uniformly yellow (Fig. 5A); vein r-m of fore wing absent (Fig. 5A); propodeum smooth at base, with dense network of longitudinal and transverse carinae leading to the formation of many areolae, integument smooth in between (Fig. 9E), mesosoma uniformly reddish brown....................................................... H. propodealis (Belokobylskij) - Metasoma oval-shaped, not pointed posteriorly (Fig. 4A); pterostigma yellow at basal half, and dark brown apically (Fig. 4B); vein r-m of fore wing present but not tubular (Fig. 4B); propodeum coarsely rugose (Fig. 3E); mesosoma reddish brown with some black (Fig. 4A).................................................................. H. moniliatus (Nees), Published as part of Edmardash, Yusuf A., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2020, First record of Hormiini F��rster, 1863, and Macrocentrinae F��rster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for the fauna of Egypt, with the description of a new species, pp. 555-570 in Zootaxa 4722 (6) on page 560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3610928