The tribe Phanerotomini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) of the Arabian Peninsula, with special reference to the United Arab Emirates and Yemen

Abstract

For the first time the tribe Phanerotomini (Braconidae, Cheloninae) of the Arabian Peninsula is revised, illustrated by colour photographs and keyed. It resulted in twenty-one new species (of which 20 species belong to the genus Phanerotoma and representing 75% of the reported species): Phanerotomella yemeniticasp. nov., Phanerotoma angusticrussp. nov., P. artocornutasp. nov., P. aspidiotasp. nov., P. brunneivenasp. nov., P. caudatoidessp. nov., P. glabritemporalissp. nov., P. granulatasp. nov., P. ejuncidasp. nov., P. hellyerisp. nov., P. latifemoratasp. nov., P. leptasp. nov., P. longivenasp. nov., P. mesocellatasp. nov., P. microdontasp. nov., P. micrommatasp. nov., P. sculptilissp. nov., P. signiferasp. nov., P. spuriserratasp. nov., P. stenochorasp. nov., and P. vanhartenisp. nov. Reported as new for United Arab Emirates and Yemen are Phanerotoma graciloides van Achterberg, 1990, P. masiana Fahringer, 1934, and P. leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894 (the latter also for Saudi Arabia), for United Arab Emirates P. ocularis Kohl, 1906, and P. robusta Zettel, 1988, and for Yemen P. bilinea Lyle, 1924, P. flavivena Edmardash & Gadallah, 2019, and P. permixtellae Fischer, 1968. Phanerotoma caboverdensis Hedqvist, 1965, syn. nov. is synonymised with P. leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894.