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.