The genus Enicospilus Stephens, 1835 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) in Saudi Arabia, with twelve new species records and the description of five new species Author Gadallah, Neveen S. 49A46DDD-80CD-45FF-BC27-B37DBACF5E58 Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 49 A 46 DDD- 80 CD- 45 FF-BC 27 - B 37 DBACF 5 E 58 & Corresponding author: n _ gadallah @ hotmail. com n_gadallah@hotmail.com Author Soliman, Ahmed M. 638A9208-CA78-4161-91B4-914B531F8933 Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. & Zoology Department, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, P. O. Box 11884, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. & Email: amsoliman @ ksu. edu. sa, ammsoliman @ gmail. com & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 638 A 9208 - CA 78 - 4161 - 91 B 4 - 914 B 531 F 8933 amsoliman@ksu.edu.sa Author Rousse, Pascal B06C2640-700A-429B-AA2F-1BE09251C845 38 rue des Primevères, 35160 Le Verger, France. & Email: rousse. pascal @ wanadoo. fr & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: B 06 C 2640 - 700 A- 429 B-AA 2 F- 1 BE 09251 C 845 rousse.pascal@wanadoo.fr Author Al Dhafer, Hathal M. 6117A7D3-26AF-478F-BFE7-1C4E1D3F3C68 Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. & Email: hdhafer @ ksu. edu. sa & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 6117 A 7 D 3 - 26 AF- 478 F-BFE 7 - 1 C 4 E 1 D 3 F 3 C 68 hdhafer@ksu.edu.sa text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-11-09 365 1 69 journal article 21958 10.5852/ejt.2017.365 3f1f3f51-000b-4993-8f40-b4201479de91 2118-9773 3838291 11B4AFCD-23A0-4170-BB02-9AD628C16925

Table 1. Comparison of local and biogeographical distributions of species of Enicospilus Stephens, 1835 collected in Saudi Arabia. All areas but Riyadh are considered to be part of the Afrotropical region, Riyadh is more related to the Palaearctic region (Hölzel 1998).

Species	Biogeography	Saudi Arabia
	(Yu et al. 2012)	(present data; Gauld & Mitchell 1978; Horstmann 1981)
E. arabicus sp. nov.	–	Abha
E. bicoloratus	Afrotropical	Al Baha, Asir
E. brevicornis	Afrotropical	Abha, Asir
E. capensis	Afrotropical, Oriental, Australasian	Abha, Al Baha, Asir, Riyadh
E. divisus	Afrotropical	Asir
E. dubius	Afrotropical	Asir
E. grandiflavus	Afrotropical	Abha, Al Baha, Asir
E. mirabilis sp. nov.	–	Abha, Al Baha, Asir
E. nervellator	Palaearctic	Asir*, Riyadh
E. oculator	Afrotropical	Al Baha
E. odax	Afrotropical**	Al Baha, Asir
E. oweni	Afrotropical	Asir
E. pacificus	Afrotropical	Al Baha, Asir, Riyadh
E. pallidus	Afrotropical, Oriental	Al Baha
E. perlatus	Palaearctic	Mekka, Riyadh
E. psammus	Afrotropical	Abian, Al Lith, Asir, Qunfida
E. pseudoculator sp. nov.	–	Al Baha, Asir, Riyadh
E. rundiensis	Afrotropical	Al Baha, Asir
E. senescens	Afrotropical	Al Baha, Asir
E. shadaensis sp. nov.	Afrotropical***	Al Baha, Asir
E. splendidus sp. nov.	–	Riyadh
E. sp. 1	–	Asir
E. sp. 2 cf. bicoloratus	–	Al Baha
* One specimen collected in Asir, 237 in Riyadh. ** Restricted to Yemen. *** According to Enicospilus sp. 4 distribution in Gauld & Mitchell 1978