Figs 4E, 8A, 12A, 16A, 20A, 26A, 31A
Ophion pacificus Holmgren, 1868:?, ♀.
Diagnosis (after Gauld & Mitchell 1978)
B 17–20; F 11–17; ML 0.26–0.3; CT 1.2–1.7; OOL 0.1, POL 0.7; FI 0.55; Fl1–2 1.6–2.3; Fl 20 2.1–2.3; AI 0.45–0.7; ICI 0.45–0.57; CI 0.31–0.41; SDI 1.38; NI 2.0.
Body reddish brown, but antennae, legs, posterior margin of eye, frons and metasoma are lighter; mandible with upper tooth 1.2 × as long as lower tooth; clypeus convex in profile, with ventral margin in-turned; face 1.17–1.3 × as high as wide; antenna with 57–62 flagellomeres; mesopleuron punctostriate, metapleuron densely coarsely punctate; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct; anterior area of propodeum superficially punctate and densely pubescent, posterior area finely longitudinally rugose especially medially, densely clothed with fine, suberect pale pubescence; proximal sclerite rather narrow, comma-shaped with very long distal extension, central sclerite small, uniformly sclerotized; hind wing with 5–8 distal hamuli on R1; fore tibia not spinose.
SAUDI ARABIA: 2 ♀♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 5, 26 Aug. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( EFC); 1 ♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 2, 26 Aug. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al.; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Al Kharj (Loulou Farm), sweep net, 26 Nov. 2008, leg. Hassan ( EFC), 1 ♂, Education Farm ( Riyadh), sweep net, 19 May 2009, leg. Al Sobaae & Mosbet ( KSMA); 1 ♂, Thee Ain (Al Baha), sweep net, 10 Mar. 2012, leg. El Torkey A. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), light trap 3, Nov. 2013, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♂, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), light trap 6, 15 Feb. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 2 ♀♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 8, 21 Feb. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 9, 21 Feb. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♂, Wadi Rida ( Asir), sweep net, 24 Feb. 2014, leg. Sharaf et al. ( KSMA); 2 ♂♂, Wadi Rida ( Asir), light trap, 24 Feb. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 2 ♂♂, Shada Al Ala (Al Baha), light trap 1, 21 Apr. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 4, 27 Apr. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♂, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 8, 27 Apr. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 1, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 2 ♀♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 3, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 6, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♂, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 7, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 1, 26 Aug. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 9, 26 Aug. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♂, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 7, 20 Oct. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 4, 11 Dec. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♂, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 9, 5 Mar. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♂, Raydah ( Asir), Malaise trap 8, 8 May 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 1 ♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 7, 18 Nov. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA); 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Raydah ( Asir), light trap 9, 17−18 Nov. 2015, leg. Al Dhafer et al. ( KSMA).
ACX7776.
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Rowanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978); Saudi Arabia (new record).