cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Lysiphlebus testaceipes
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
name: Mansour, Amany N.
name: Imam, Ahmed I.
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Lysiphlebus
Lysiphlebus testaceipes

description: Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson, 1880)
Fig. 2 (A, B)
Material examined: 1♀, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°14’02.8”N 30°31’32.2”E], May, 2022, white pan trap in Vicia faba.
Diagnosis. Antenna with 13 antennomeres, flagellomeres distinctly longer than wide; scape and pedicel dark reddish brown, flagellum dark brown; mesoscutum and scutellum dark reddish brown, propodeum pale yellowish brown, legs with coxae and trochanters bright yellow, remainder partly brown; metasoma with petiole slightly triangular, about 2.0× as long as wide at base; propodeum smooth and shiny; pterostigma slightly longer than vein R1; vein R1 not reaching wing margin.
Distribution in the MENA: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Libya, Tunisia, Turkey.
Comments. Characters of the only female specimen collected agree with Starý’s key (1976: 61, couplet 4); they also agree with Rakhshani et al.’s key (2019: 73, couplet 100). In Algeria, it has been reported as a parasitoid of Aphis fabae attacking a number of economic crops among which is Vicia faba. In Egypt, it was first recorded by Adly and El-Gantiry (2014) as a parasitoid of the grape aphid Aphis illinoisensis (Shimer) attacking Vitis vinifera L. (laboratory population). The present study is the first record of L. testaceipes in association with V. faba in Egypt.
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Edmardash, Yusuf A., Mansour, Amany N. & Imam, Ahmed I., 2023, Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species, pp. 501-544 in Zootaxa 5389 (5) on page 506, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10421859
Praon exsoletum
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
name: Mansour, Amany N.
name: Imam, Ahmed I.
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Year: 2023
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Praon
Praon exsoletum

description: Praon exsoletum (Nees, 1811)
Fig. 3 (A, B)
Material examined: 1♀, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°31’34.0”N 30°37’19.9”E], May, 2022, blue pan trap in Vicia faba.
Diagnosis. Antenna with 18 antennomeres, with scape, pedicel and F1 (somewhat darkened apically) yellowish; eyes with sparse short setae; face with central narrow hairless area margined by simple rows of hairs, with sparse setae between such rows of hairs and inner orbits of eye; lateral lobes of mesoscutum with large hairless areas; propodeum sparsely setose; vein m-cu of fore wing colourless throughout; petiole distinctly longer than wide, with indistinct lateral carinae, without elevated area between carinae, with a number of short fine setae along its sides; ovipositor sheath short, rounded apically, with two long spatulate or conical spines, and one longer seta in between spines.
Distribution in the MENA: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Yemen.
Comments: Characters of the only collected female agree with Starý (1976: 57, couplet 7) as well as Rakhshani et al. ’s key (2019: 65, couplet 25). This is the first record for P. exsoletum in association with faba bean. Its presence may be attributed to the fact that it is one of the primary parasitoids of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum, which is one of the most important pests attacking V. faba plant.
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Edmardash, Yusuf A., Mansour, Amany N. & Imam, Ahmed I., 2023, Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species, pp. 501-544 in Zootaxa 5389 (5) on page 506, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10421859
Praon volucre
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
name: Mansour, Amany N.
name: Imam, Ahmed I.
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Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Praon
Praon volucre

description: Praon volucre (Haliday, 1833)
Fig. 4 (A–C)
Material examined: 2♂, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°33’41.9”N 30°37’41.9”E], May, 2022, white pan trap in Vicia faba; 1♂, same locality and date but [25°14’02.8”N 30°31’32.2”E], yellow pan trap in Vicia faba intercropped with Brassica napus.
Diagnosis. Head and mesosoma dark brown to black (with lighter pronotum), antenna dark brown, legs clear yellow, metasoma with T 1 honey yellow, rest of segments clear yellow with whitish intersegments; pterostigma waxy white; antenna with 18 antennomers (♂), F1 dark brown, with indistinct yellow spot at base; pterostigma 1.3× as long as vein R1; vein RS of fore wing normally developed; vein RS +M present, colourless throughout; lateral lobes of mesoscutum densely setose; notauli complete, convergent posteriorly; propodeum smooth, densely setose dorsally; petiole relatively short, 1.2× as long as wide at spiracle;.
Distribution in the MENA: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey.
Comments: Although the key of Rakhshani et al. (2019) is based on females, the characters of the male specimens agree with couplet 17 in their key, excluding the ovipositor characters. It also agrees with Mescheloff & Rosen’s description (1989: 94). Although it has been recorded as an endoparasitoid of a wide range of aphid species affecting several economic crops, especially in this instance it has been recorded as a parasitoid of Aphis fabae attacking V. faba in Iran (Rakhshani et al. 2007; Nazari et al. 2012), and Lebanon (Tremblay et al. 1985). This is the first record in Egypt in association with V. faba. It should be noted that in Algeria, it has been recorded as a parasitoid of Acyrthosiphon pisum, Aphis craccivora, and Aphis fabae in association with other crops rather than with V. faba (Laamari et al. 2012).
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Edmardash, Yusuf A., Mansour, Amany N. & Imam, Ahmed I., 2023, Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species, pp. 501-544 in Zootaxa 5389 (5) on page 510, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10421859
Centistes undetermined
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
name: Mansour, Amany N.
name: Imam, Ahmed I.
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Year: 2023
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Centistes
Centistes undetermined

description: Centistes sp. (male)
Fig. 9 (A–F)
Material examined: 1♂, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°33’41.9”N 30°37’41.9”E], May, 2022, blue pan trap in V. faba intercropped with B. napus.
Brief description. Head (including antenna), mesosoma, and first metasomal tergite black, rest of metasoma and legs dark reddish brown; labrum, palpi and mandible (except black tip) are clear yellow; eyes whitish; ventral surface of anterior femur, and most of the middle femur pale brown to yellow. Fore wing hyaline, with dark brown pterostigma, veins C+SC+ R, r, 1- R 1, SR1, 2-SR; vein M+CU 1 pale, dark at apex; vein 1-SR+M transparent.
Head. Gena and posterior margin of head smooth and shiny, face finely punctate; ocellar triangle obtuse;
temple not narrowed after eye, gradually narrowed; occipital carina partly developed (laterally); antenna with 28
antennomeres, with all flagellomeres distinctly longer than wide; mandible with two teeth, inner tooth distinctly shorter than outer one; clypeus smooth and shiny, with few scattered fine setae, rounded apically; labrum slightly protruded medially; malar space slightly, but distinctly longer than mandibular base.
Mesosoma. Pronotum masked by the greatly elevated median lobe of mesoscutum in dorsal view, densely finely punctate; notauli deep, V-shaped, not reaching posterior margin of mesoscutum; middle lobe of mesoscutum densely punctate above, coarsely rugose between closure of notauli; lateral lobes of mesoscutum less elevated, smooth and shiny; scutellum smooth and shiny; propodeum foveolate, with two lateral longitudinal carinae; propleuron smooth and shiny above, coarsely punctate in lower two thirds; mesopleuron depressed medially, depression densely punctate to foveolate, smooth around the sculptured depression. Legs including femora slender; hind femur 6.0× as long as wide. Fore wing with vein 1-SR+M transparent as if absent; radial cell short, about as long as pterostigma;
vein cu-a slightly postfurcal.
Metasoma. T 1 clearly petiolate, quadrate posteriorly, longitudinally striated medially, shiny and smooth posteriorly, with few scattered fine setae; spiracles present just after middle; rest of tergites smooth and shiny,
posterior margins of T 4 and following tergites with row of fine, pale setae; all sternites are smooth and shiny, bare.
Comments: This is the first record of the genus Centistes Haliday in Egypt, as well as a new plant record as being collected in association with faba bean.
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Edmardash, Yusuf A., Mansour, Amany N. & Imam, Ahmed I., 2023, Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species, pp. 501-544 in Zootaxa 5389 (5) on pages 516-518, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10421859
Dolichogenidea undetermined
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
name: Mansour, Amany N.
name: Imam, Ahmed I.
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Year: 2023
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Dolichogenidea
Dolichogenidea undetermined

description: Dolichogenidea sp.
Fig. 12 (A–D)
Material examined: 1♂, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°31’34.0”N 30°37’19.9”E], May, 2022, white pan trap in V. faba intercropped with B. napus.
Diagnosis. Head (including antenna), mesosoma, metasomal T 1 black; laterotergite of T 1 and following tergites brownish yellow with thin whitish posterior margins; palpi brownish with palpomeres whitish at apices; tegula partly yellow; legs dark brown, with paler tarsi; fore wing hyaline giving off coloured reflections, all veins waxy white. Antenna slightly but distinctly longer than body; mesoscutum and scutellum densely finely punctate throughout; scuto-scutellar sulcus linear and smooth (not crenulate); propodeum nearly smooth; fore wing with venation proximal to areolet waxy; metacarp distinctly shorter than pterostigma length (0.74×); T 1 and T 2 finely, superficially rugose; rest of tergites smooth; T 2 very short, distinctly shorter than T 3; fore wing with pterostigma large, robust, 2.1× as long as wide, vein r relatively long, issuing from middle of pterostigma and forming a distinct obtuse angle with vein 3-SR; second radio-medial vein absent; male genitalia short, barely exserted from metasomal tip.
Comments. Although this is a male specimen, it agrees to some extent with D. appellator in Papp’s key (1978: 276, couplet 48). However, in Papp’s key, the pterostigma is entirely pale yellow (entirely waxy in our specimen), so, we have identified it as Dolichogenidea sp. until females become available.
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Edmardash, Yusuf A., Mansour, Amany N. & Imam, Ahmed I., 2023, Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species, pp. 501-544 in Zootaxa 5389 (5) on page 522, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10421859
Psyttalia nilotica
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
name: Mansour, Amany N.
name: Imam, Ahmed I.
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Year: 2023
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Psyttalia
Psyttalia nilotica

description: Psyttalia nilotica (Schmiedeknecht, 1900)
Fig. 14
Material examined: 2♀, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°33’41.9”N 30°37’41.9”E], May, 2022, yellow pan trap in V. faba.
Diagnosis. Head, mesosoma, middle area of T 1 longitudinally, legs and ovipositor bright orange; rest of metasoma, antenna and ovipositor sheath are dark brown.
Head posteriorly and upper face smooth and shiny; lower face indistinctly punctate; occipital carina present only laterally; antenna as long as body, with 25 antennomeres, F1 3.5× as long as wide; penultimate flagellomere 2.0× as long as wide; terminal flagellomere with apical spine; mesoscutum, scutellum and mesopleuron smooth and shiny; notauli absent; mesopleuron with short transverse crenulate suture; hind femur 3.3× as long as wide; metasomal T 2 distinctly shorter than T 3; T 2 and following tergites smooth and shiny, each with a posterior row of fine, pale yellowish setae; hypopygium relatively large, triangular; ovipositor distinctly longer than metasoma; ovipositor sheath slender, lined with short setae along whole length; fore wing distinctly longer than body, with elongate, triangular pterostigma; vein SR1 reaching wing apex.
Distribution in the MENA: Egypt, Israel.
Comments: Characters of this species agree well with Tobias et al. ’s key (1986: 114, couplet 497 as Opius (Tolbia) niloticus). However, it differs from it in having the ovipositor distinctly longer than metasoma (as long as metasoma in Tobias 1986). Host records and plant association are so far unknown for P. nilotica. This is the first record of P. nilotica in association with faba bean plant.
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Edmardash, Yusuf A., Mansour, Amany N. & Imam, Ahmed I., 2023, Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species, pp. 501-544 in Zootaxa 5389 (5) on pages 524-525, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10421859
Diadegma insulare
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
name: Mansour, Amany N.
name: Imam, Ahmed I.
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Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Ichneumonidae
Diadegma
Diadegma insulare

description: Diadegma insulare (Cresson, 1865)
Fig. 15 (A, B)
Material examined: 1♀, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°31’34.0”N 30°37’19.9”E], May, 2022, white pan trap in V. faba intercropped with B. napus.
Diagnosis. Body (including antennae) black, tegula and humeral plate whitish; legs orange to yellowish, hind tibia with a subbasal and apical dark bands, whitish at base and between dark bands; ovipositor reddish, ovipositor sheath dark brown to black; occipital carina complete; antenna with 24 antennomeres; areolet of fore wing complete (vein 3rs-m present); vein 2m-cu of fore wing received slightly after the middle of areolet; area superomedia of propodeum narrowed posteriorly, indicated by slight angulation, transversely striated and granulated between striations; a median longitudinal carina could be seen on propodeum, posterior to costula; metasomal T 5, T 6 not emarginate, T 7 with slight emargination; ovipositor distinctly longer than metatibia, about 0.7× as long as hind tibia.
Distribution in the MENA: Egypt, Israel, Morocco.
Comments: Characters of this specimen completely agree with Diadegma insulare in Azidah et al. ’s key (2000: 381, couplet 5). It also agrees with Azidah et al. (2000, figs 16, 28, 30, 37, 43). Diadegma insulare has been recorded as a parasitoid of Plutella xylostella L. which is one of the major pests defoliating the canola crop, B. napus in different regions of the world (Putman 1973; Cortez-Mondaca & Marciás-Cervantes 2007). This is the first record for the presence of D. insulare in association with faba bean intercropped with canola.
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Edmardash, Yusuf A., Mansour, Amany N. & Imam, Ahmed I., 2023, Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species, pp. 501-544 in Zootaxa 5389 (5) on page 525, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10421859
Sinophorus tibialis Sanborne 1984
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
name: Mansour, Amany N.
name: Imam, Ahmed I.
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Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Sinophorus
Sinophorus tibialis

description: Sinophorus tibialis Sanborne, 1984
Figs 18A–E, 19A.
Material examined: 1♀, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°31’34.0”N 30°37’19.9”E], May, 2022, blue pan trap in V. faba intercropped with B. napus; 1♀, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°31’34.0”N 30°37’19.9”E], May, 2022, white pan trap in V. faba intercropped with B. napus.
Diagnosis. Body (including antenna) black, mandible yellow (except dark base and tip), palpi pale yellow; tegula yellow, legs ferruginous (especially femora and tibiae), hind tibia ferruginous, with small ivory area at base and minute black portion apically; hind femur entirely ferruginous, hind trochanter black, with ferruginous apex; hind trochantellus ferruginous; ovipositor ferruginous, ovipositor sheath black. Antenna with 36 antennomeres; mesopleuron smooth and shiny above (epimeron), clearly differentiated from rest of mesopleuron; hind tarsal claw with two teeth along basal half; fore wing with rhomboid areolet, distinctly petiolate; vein 2m-cu with one bulla; propodeum with superomedial and petiolar areas confluent, forming a deep trough distinctly carinated, transversely coarsely ridged along the inner trough; ovipositor about 2.2× as long as hind femur, upwardly curved along whole length, with a preapical notch on upper valve, lower valve distinctly deepened before level of upper notch; ovipositor sheath clavate towards apex, flexible, densely setose along its whole length.
Distribution in the MENA: Egypt (new record)
Comments: This is apparently the first record of S. tibialis for the Middle Eastern and North African countries, and only the second record for the Palaearctic region (from Egypt), after being described from two females from Sweden by Sanborne (1984). Characters of this species agree well with Sanborn’s key of Palaearctic species (1984: 65, couplet 23), as well as his species description (1984: 279), except for the antenna with 35 antennomeres in the Swedish females (36 antennomeres in the Egyptian specimens). Nothing is known about the biology or hosts of this species.
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Edmardash, Yusuf A., Mansour, Amany N. & Imam, Ahmed I., 2023, Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species, pp. 501-544 in Zootaxa 5389 (5) on page 529, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10421859
Diplazon laetatorius
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
name: Mansour, Amany N.
name: Imam, Ahmed I.
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Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Ichneumonidae
Diplazon
Diplazon laetatorius

description: Diplazon laetatorius (Fabricius, 1781)
Fig. 19 (B, C)
Material examined: 1♀, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°14’02.8”N 30°31’32.2”E], May, 2022, blue pan trap in V. faba.
Diagnosis. Body generally black with some whitish markings in the following areas: inner orbits of eyes, clypeus, base of mandibles, palpi, antennal toruli, anterolateral sides of mesoscutum, humeral plate and tegula, scutellum (mostly), postscutellun; antenna dark brown to black with reddish brown last segment; metasoma with the following parts orange: T 1 medially and apically, T 2, T 3 and basal half of T 4; legs orange, with hind tibia tricolored: black basally and subapically, whitish between black bands, and orange at apical fourth. Propodeum fully carinated, with closed petiolar area; ovipositor short, hardly exserted from tip of metasoma, ovipositor sheath with short, fine setae along its outer margin.
Distribution in the MENA: Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Libya, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates.
Comments: This species is very common in all Egyptian localities. Characters agree with Klopfstein’s key (2014: 34, couplet 4).
Diplazon laetatorius is a cosmopolitan species parasitizing syrphid flies attacking aphid crop pests (Wahl 2014). It has been recorded by Horstmann (1970) as being a parasitoid of the hover fly Epistrophe balteata in V. faba fields. Also, recorded by Constantineanu and Voicu (1982) emerging from the pupa of Paragus tibialis (Fallén) from a colony of the black bean aphid Aphis fabae.
In Egypt, it has been recorded in Aswan by Shaumar (1966) hatching from watermelon infested with aphids.
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Edmardash, Yusuf A., Mansour, Amany N. & Imam, Ahmed I., 2023, Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species, pp. 501-544 in Zootaxa 5389 (5) on page 532, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10421859
Barichneumon bilunulatus
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
name: Mansour, Amany N.
name: Imam, Ahmed I.
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Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Barichneumon
Barichneumon bilunulatus

description: Barichneumon bilunulatus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
Figs 20 (A, B), 21 (A–D)
Material examined: 1♂, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°14’02.8”N 30°31’32.2”E], May, 2022, white pan trap in V. faba; 1♂, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°33’41.9”N 30°37’41.9”E], May, 2022, blue pan trap in V. faba intercropped with B. napus; 1♂, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°33’41.9”N 30°37’41.9”E], May, 2022, blue pan trap in V. faba; 1♂, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°33’41.9”N 30°37’41.9”E], May, 2022, yellow pan trap in V. faba; 1♂, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°33’41.9”N 30°37’41.9”E], May, 2022, blue pan trap in V. faba.
Diagnosis. Body generally black with metasomal T 2, T 3 and hardly seen very narrow strip at base of T 3 reddish brown, the following parts are whitish: lower inner orbits of eyes, lateral sides of clypeus, humeral angles (partly), scutellum (partly); femora and tibiae reddish brown, base of front femur and middle femur (mostly), and apical third of hind tibia darkened; antenna dark brown dorsally and reddish brown ventrally especially at apical half; antennomeres without keels.
Distribution in the MENA: Algeria, Egypt (new record), Iran, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey.
Comments: This is the first record for the genus and species for the Egyptian fauna as well as for V. faba as an associate plant. Characters of the species agree with Meyer’s key of the genus Barichneumon (1933: 218, couplet 186). It only differs from Meyer’s characters in having metasomal T 2 and T 3 reddish brown (in Meyer’s male, segments 2–5 reddish brown).
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Edmardash, Yusuf A., Mansour, Amany N. & Imam, Ahmed I., 2023, Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species, pp. 501-544 in Zootaxa 5389 (5) on page 532, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10421859
Virgichneumon callicerus Ichneumoninae
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
name: Mansour, Amany N.
name: Imam, Ahmed I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Virgichneumon
Virgichneumon callicerus

description: Virgichneumon callicerus (Gravenhorst, 1820)
Figs 22 (A–C), 23 (A–C)
Material examined: 1♂, Kharga Oasis (New Valley) [25°31’34.0”N 30°37’19.9”E], May, 2022, yellow pan trap in V. faba.
Diagnosis. Black in the following parts: head (except a small whitish attached to posterior margin of eye), pronotum (except two transverse whitish spots anteriorly), mesosoma (except whitish scutellum), base of metasomal petiole and T 4-7 (except whitish posterior margins of T 5–7); clypeus black, with two large reddish to orange markings laterally; metasomal T 1 (mostly), T 2, T 3 reddish brown; legs reddish except for the black coxae, trochanters and hind tibial apex, tarsi darker; antenna black, with F7–11 whitish dorsally; ovipositor clearly red, sheath black with whitish apex; wing with dark brown dark brown, with small whitish base, rest of veins brownish. Clypeus nearly flattened, with slightly upturned rounded apical margin, coarsely punctate at base; antenna with 33 antennomeres; mesosoma densely punctate and shiny (except scutellum smooth, impunctate). Fore wing with pentagonal areolet, distinctly narrowed above; vein cu-a nearly interstitial, or slightly postfurcal.
Distribution in the MENA: Egypt (new record), Iran, Turkey.
Comments: Virgichneumon callicerus is a new record to Egypt, as well as a new record in association with faba bean.
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Edmardash, Yusuf A., Mansour, Amany N. & Imam, Ahmed I., 2023, Parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonoidea) collected from faba bean fields, Kharga Oasis, New Valley, Egypt, with new records and the description of a new species, pp. 501-544 in Zootaxa 5389 (5) on page 537, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10421859
Mugil Linnaeus 1758
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Mugil

description: Genus Mugil Linnaeus, 1758
Mugil Linnaeus, 1758, p. 316
Diagnosis. Terminal mouth, simple, thin lips, not having crenulations or papillae. Lower lip horizontally directed forwards. Teeth are usually present in one or more rows, outer row prominent with unicuspids inner rows. Adipose eye fold extensive and covering almost complete eye and pupil. Nostrils nearer to eye orbit and lip than to each other. Posterior nostril parallel with or moderately above the upper rim of eye. Pre-maxilla and maxilla straight, posterior part of maxilla exposed when mouth closed. Weak ctenoid scaled. Anal fin with 3 spines in adults. Pectoral fin horizontally reaches the upper rim of orbit and possesses large and prominent axillary scale.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758
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Mugil
Mugil cephalus

description: Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758
(Figure: 2)
D1: IV; D2: 8 A: III, 8; Pc: 15–17; Pl: I, 5 L. S: 38–42; T.S: 13–14
Local name. Boi, Meengh (Sin), Murbo (Bal), Springer, Grey mullet (Eng.)
FAO name. Flat head mullet
Material examined. 28 specimens of 251–496 TL.
Diagnosis. Body depth at origin of first dorsal fin is about 20–23% of SL and 18–23% of SL at origin of anal fin. Adipose eye-fold extensive over the head and eye. First dorsal fin origin nearer to snout tip than to caudal fin base. Anal fin with III spines and 8 soft rays. Pectoral fins 16–23% of SL and 58–69% of HL. Scale numbers: 38 to 42 in lateral series and 13 to 15 in transverse series.
Description. Body robust, moderately convex dorsally and broadly curved ventrally. Head dorsally broad and flat, and it is deeper than wide. Head length is 27 to 29 % of SL. Snout blunt and less than or equal to diameter of eye. Eye diameter ranges between 5–7% of SL. Pre-orbital bone slender, filling only half the space between lip and eye. Mouth terminal and slightly oblique. Origin of 2 nd dorsal fin is slightly behind the origin of anal fin. Anal fin with III spines and 8 soft rays. Pectoral axillary scale is long. Pectoral fins with 15 to 17 soft rays, covered with minute scales and placed high on body, not reaching to the origin of first dorsal fin; Caudal fin forked and entirely scaled. Scales weakly ctenoid.
Color. Dorsally olive green to bluish-grey, flanks silver and off white abdomen. 7–8 indistinct stripes along the longitudinal scales. Operculum has golden spot. Dark blue or purple spot at the base of pectoral fin.
Distribution. Most widely distributed along the Pakistan coast.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Ellochelon Whitley 1930
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Ellochelon

description: Genus Ellochelon Whitley, 1930, p.251
Diagnosis. Robust body, deep caudal peduncle. Head flat and broad. Terminal mouth. Lips thin and without any fleshy lamellae on lower jaw. Adipose eye fold absent. Maxilla curved downwards and visible postero-ventrally when mouth closed. Nostrils nearer to each other than to eye or lip. Scales are weakly ctenoid and fewer than 28 in lateral series. Pectoral axillary scale absent. Pectoral fin blackish with yellow margin. Anal fin contains 3 spines and 8 soft rays. Truncated caudal fin. Yellowish iris. Body dorsally olive brown, flanks silvery, pale yellowish abdomen, fins dusky. About 6 dark stripes on lateral series longitudinally. Ellochelon is monotypic Genus and is represented by Ellochelon vaigiensis.
Remarks. Ellochelon Whitley (1930) can be distinguished from Planiliz a by its truncate caudal fin, broad head, fewer number of longitudinal scales, distinct stripes on lateral scales and darker fins. Some authors like Schultz (1953), Munro (1956), Thomson (1954 & 1997), Pillay (1962), Masuda et al (1984) recognized it as Liza whereas, Fowler (1944), Smith (1948), Randall (1955 & 1959), Ghasemzadeh (1998), Durand (2012), Eschmeyer and Fong (2015) recognized Ellochelon as distinct and valid Genus.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 135, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Ellochelon vaigiensis
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Ellochelon
Ellochelon vaigiensis

description: Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
(Figure: 3)
D1:1V; D2:8; A: III, 8; Pc: 15–17; Pl: 1, 5; L.S: 26–28; T.S: 8–10
Local name. Mangan (Sin); Murbo (Bal); Diamond scale mullet (Eng.)
FAO name. Square-tail mullet
Material examined. 5 specimens of 239–323 TL.
Diagnosis. The almost straight caudal fin is a peculiar character for E. vaigiensis. Body depth at first dorsal fin is 24 to 26% of SL; depth at anal fin is 24 to 27% of SL. First dorsal fin origin distinctly nearer to base of caudal fin than to snout tip. Second dorsal fin at vertical originate behind half to one-third of anal fin. Anal fin with III spines and 8 soft rays. Caudal fin is truncated. Scales numbers: 24 to 26 in lateral series and 8–9 in transverse series.
Description. Body robust, dorsally straight in lateral profile, caudal peduncle deep, Head broad, dorsally flattened, wider than deep length which is 26 to 28% of SL. Adipose eye fold less developed only as rim around eye, pre-orbital bone is wide filling the space between lip and eye. Mouth terminal, lips thin, Upper lip with 1 or 2 rows of very short, unicuspid, setiform teeth.
Maxilla slightly curved below. Eye diameter is 18 to 20% of HL. Snout longer than eye diameter. Anal fin higher than 2 nd dorsal fin and both fins higher than 1 st dorsal fin. Pectoral fins with I spine and 15 to 18 soft rays; short, just reaching origin of first dorsal fin; pectoral fins are 21 to 23% of SL and 76 to 81% HL; greater than length of snout; pectoral axillary scale absent. Pelvic fin smaller than pectoral fin. Scales weakly ctenoid.
Color. Dorsally green to olive brown, silver flanks, white to pale yellow abdomen, about 5–6 longitudinal stripes on upper scale rows, blackish pectoral fins. Pelvic, anal and caudal fin dusky and darker at margins. Yellow patches on iris.
Distribution. Along Damb, Keti Bunder and Soneri beach.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on pages 135-136, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Valamugil Smith 1948
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Valamugil

description: Genus Valamugil Smith, 1948, p.841
Diagnosis. Mouth is terminal and simple; lips thin without lamellae, fleshy lobes or papillae between lower jaw’s rami. Lower lip projected forward, not folded downwards. Both lips contain minute ciliform teeth or teeth can be absent. Adipose eye fold variably developed, absent in some species. Nostrils quite separated from each other, anterior nostril closer to lip than to posterior nostril. Maxilla slender and weakly curved down posteriorly. When mouth closed, posterior tip of maxilla fully or partially concealed. Ctenoid scales with membranous digitated hind margins. Long pectoral fin reaches to or passed beyond the level of the origin of first dorsal fin. Its insertion is at level or higher than upper eye rim. Pectoral axillary scale large and prominent. Second dorsal fin origin behind one third of anal fin base vertically. Anal fin possesses 3 spines. Long axillary scale on pelvic fin. Caudal fin forked or emarginated.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 136, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Valamugil speigleri
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Valamugil speigleri

description: Valamugil speigleri (Bleeker, 1858)
(Figure: 4)
D1: IV; D2: 8–9 A: III, 9; Pc: 14–16; Pl: I, 5 L. S: 37–39; T.S: 11–12
Local name. Boi, Pharra (Sin); Murbo, Anjara (Bal)
FAO name. Speigler’s mullet
Material examined. 10 specimens of 146–326 mm TL.
Diagnosis. Body depth 25–29% of SL at origin of first dorsal fin, 21–23% of SL at anal and second dorsal fins, and 12–13% SL at caudal peduncle. First dorsal fin origin is nearer to the snout tip than to caudal fin base. Second dorsal fin origin is posterior to a quarter of anal fin base. Pectoral fin length is 24–26% of SL and 85–92% HL. Pectoral axillary scale is long and distinct. Scale numbers: Scale numbers: 37–39 in longitudinal series and 11–12 scales in transverse series.
Description. Body robust. Head depth is more than its width and dorsally flattened. Length of head is almost equal to body depth at first dorsal fin origin. Snout blunt and short. Adipose eye fold covers most of the eye. Ter-minal mouth, thin lips, upper jaw extends slightly beyond the lower jaw. Maxilla slender and slightly curved down posteriorly, hind tip of maxilla complete or partially hidden when mouth closed. Nostrils widely separated from each other, the upper rim of orbit levels with posterior nostril, anterior nostril is closer to lip than posterior nostril. Both dorsal fins are scaled antero-basally and emarginated. Caudal fin is forked. First pectoral fin has 14–16 spines and is long past beyond the level of first dorsal fin origin. Pelvic fin is smaller than pectoral fin and closer to the first dorsal fin origin than to posterior part of the head. Scales are ctenoid with membranous, digitated hind margin.
Color. Bluish green dorsally, abdomen and flanks silvery, caudal and first dorsal fin with black margin, pectoral fin yellowish with black spot at its base, anal and ventral fins yellowish white.
Distribution. Karachi fishing port, WWFH (Sandpit), Jiwani, Pasni and Gwadar coast.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on pages 136-137, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Moolgarda Whitley 1945
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Moolgarda

description: Genus Moolgarda Whitley, 1945
Remarks. Whitley (1945) described the genus Moolgarda. Generic characters described by Whitley such as presence of large pectoral axillary scale, adipose eye fold covering one third of the eye, toothless jaws, terminal upper jaw, moderately thick upper lip and origin of second dorsal and anal fin opposite to each other correlates with Valamugil Smith 1948. He also compared description of Mugil capito Cuvier, described by Günter’s (1861) as a genotype of Liza, and referred to the hidden maxilla in his fish which is also a distinguishing character of Valamugil. Thomson (1997) and Ghasemzadeh (1997) did not accept the Genus Moolgarda and accepted genus Valamugil Smith, 1948. Senou (2002) recognized the genus Moolgarda and described Valamugil as a junior synonym of it. Durand et al. (2012) on the basis of molecular studies proposed that Valamugil and Moolgarda are polyphyletic. Eschmeyer and Fong (2015) assigned Moolgarda as a valid genus.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Moolgarda perusii
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Moolgarda perusii

description: Moolgarda perusii (Valenciennes, 1836)
(Figure: 5)
D1: IV; D2: 8 A: III, 9; Pc: 13–15; Pl: I, 5 L. S: 32–35; T.S: 12–13
Local name. Pharra, Taint Pharra, Boi, Mori (Sin); Pal-low, Murba, Mundsar (BAL)
FAO name. Long-arm mullet
Material examined. 12 specimens of 154–201 mm TL.
Diagnosis. Body depth 26 to 29 % of SL at origin of first dorsal fin, 23 to 26 % of SL at anal fin, and 11 to 13 % of SL at caudal peduncle Origin of first dorsal fin is equidistant from caudal fin base and snout tip. Second dorsal fin origin vertical through origin of anal fin or slightly posterior to it. Pectoral fin 21–25% head length and 83–97% of SL. Scale numbers: 32–35 in lateral series and 12–13 scales in transverse series.
Description. Body robust. Head deeper than wide, bluntly pointed and dorsally flattened. Snout short and blunt. Adipose eye fold poorly developed as a rim around eye. Mouth terminal, upper lip slightly thickened, lower lip directed forwards. Pre-orbital bone wide. Maxilla slender and weakly curved down posteriorly. Dorsal fins falcate and well scaled. Pectoral fin with 13–15 spines are long, falcate and reaching vertical through first dorsal fin origin. Pectoral axillary scale distinct and long. Pelvic fin much shorter than pectoral fin. Caudal fin is moderately forked and scaled basally. Scales ctenoid with a membranous, digitated hind margin.
Color. Dorsally greenish to bluish green, abdomen and flanks silvery, operculum and iris with small gold patch, caudal fin and dorsal fins bright blue, caudal fin dusky at margins. Pectoral fin bluish yellow with dark blue spot at base dorsally. Yellowish anal and pelvic fins.
Distribution. Collected from Karachi fishing port and keti bunder.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 137, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Moolgarda seheli
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Moolgarda seheli

description: Moolgarda seheli (Forsskål, 1775)
(Figure: 6)
D1: IV; D2: 8 A: III, 9; Pc: 14; Pl: I, 5 L. S: 39–40; T.S: 14
Local name. Boi, Pharra (Sin); Guarez, Murbo, Mundsar (BAL)
FAO name. Blue-spot mullet
Material examined. 3 specimens of 310–312 mm TL.
Diagnosis: Body depth is 25–29% of SL at origin of first dorsal fin, 22% of SL at anal fin and 11% of SL at caudal peduncle. Origin of first dorsal fin usually midway between tip of snout and caudal fin. Second dorsal fin originates at vertical through origin of anal fin. Pectoral fin 23 % of SL and 92–95 % of head length. Scale numbers: 39–40 in lateral series and 14 in transverse series.
Description: Body moderately robust, Head is usually deeper than wide, flattened dorsally, pointed, and head length shorter than body depth. Snout is short and blunt. Eye diameter is 22–33% of head length. Adipose eye-fold poorly developed as a rim around eye. Mouth terminal, upper lip thin or slightly thickened, lower lip directed forwards. Dorsal fins falcate and well scaled. Pectoral fin is long and has 16-18 spines, vertically passed beyond the origin of first dorsal fin. Pectoral axillary scale long and distinct. Pelvic fin much shorter than pectoral fin, inserted below. Caudal fin is forked and scaled. Scales are ctenoid with a membranous, digitated hind margin.
Color: Dorsally greenish brown, silver abdomen and flanks, faint longitudinal stripes on upper scale rows, pectoral fin dull yellowish with a dark blue spot dorsal at its base, bluish caudal and second dorsal fin, caudal fin moderately dusky at margins, first dorsal, anal and pelvic fins are white.
Distribution: Widespread throughout Indo-Pacific region. It is collected from Somniani, Gwadar and Jiwani coast.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 138, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Osteomugil Luther 1997
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Osteomugil

description: Genus Osteomugil Luther (1997)
Remarks. Luther (1977) described the new genus Osteomugil relied on single specimen of Mugil cunnesius Valenciennes 1836 based on characters including adipose tissue covering the iris, number of pyloric caeca, osteology of vertebral column and the visibility of the maxilla. He stated in his remarks that the new genus possesses some common characters to Valamugil. Senou (1988), Thomson (1997), and Ghasemzadeh (1998) accepted the Genus Osteomugil as a synonym of Genus Valamugil. Durand et al (2012) and Eschmeyer and Fong (2015) accepted Osteomugil as a valid Genus on the basis of molecular studies.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 139, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Osteomugil engeli
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Osteomugil engeli

description: Osteomugil engeli (Bleeker, 1858)
(Figure: 7)
D1: IV; D2: 8 A: III, 9; Pc: 14–16; Pl: I, 5 L. S: 30–35; T.S: 9–12
Local name. Kanda
FAO name. Boi, Pharra (Sin), Murbo (Bal)
Material examined. 24 specimens of 124–326 mm TL.
Diagnosis. Body depth 26–30% of SL at first dorsal fin origin, 21–25% of SL at anal and second dorsal fin origin and 12–14% of SL at caudal peduncle depth. First dorsal fin origin is nearer to base of caudal fin than to the tip of snout. Second dorsal fin origin at vertical, posterior to one quarter or one third of the base of anal fin. Pectoral fin 22–26 % of SL and 70–92 % of head length HL. Scale numbers: 30–35 scales in longitudinal series, 9–12 scales in transverse series.
Description. Robust body. Head deeper than wide, dorsally flattened, its length is equal to or slightly greater than body depth. Eye diameter is 23–30 % of HL. Adipose eye fold developed adequately covering most of the eye. Terminal mouth, thin lips, slender maxilla slightly curved downwards. Dorsal, anal and caudal fins are emarginated and basally scaled. Pelvic fin is shorter than the length of pectoral fin. First pectoral fin has14–16 falcate and long spines reach to the level of first dorsal fin or passed beyond it. Pectoral axillary scale long. Scales are ctenoid having membranous digitated hind margin.
Color. Dorsally olive, silver abdomen and flanks, dorsal, anal, pelvic and caudal fins are hyaline. Pectoral fin hyaline with dark spot at origin.
Distribution. Widespread across Indo-Pacific region. Collected from Fishing port Karachi, Somniani, Keti Bunder.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on pages 139-140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027
Osteomugil cunnesius
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Osteomugil
Osteomugil cunnesius

description: Osteomugil cunnesius (Valenciennes, 1836)
(Figure: 8)
D1: IV; D2: 8 A: III, 9; Pc: 14–15; Pl: I, 5 L. S: 34–37; T.S: 13–14
Local name: Pharra, Boi (Sin); Palo, Murbo (Bal), Roundhead grey mullet (Eng)
FAO name: Long arm mullet
Material examined. 13 specimens of 115–302 mm TL.
Diagnosis. Body depth 25–27% of SL at first dorsal fin, 22–25% of SL at anal fin and second dorsal fin and 11–14% of SL at caudal peduncle. Origin of first dorsal fin usually nearer to snout tip than caudal fin base. Second dorsal fin vertically posterior about 1/3 to anal fin, Pectoral fin 21–25% of SL and 90–95% of head length. Scale numbers: 34–37 scales in lateral series and 13–14 in transverse series.
Description. Body moderately robust. Head deeper than wide, flattened dorsally, head length shorter than body depth. Snout short and blunt. Diameter of eye is 24–31% HL. Adipose eye fold relatively developed, extending up to half of iris. Mouth terminal, maxilla slender and weakly curved down posteriorly. Both fins are falcate and moderately scaled. First pectoral fin has 13–14 spines, long, falcate and passed beyond the origin of first dorsal fin. Pectoral axillary scale distinct and long. Caudal fin forked. Scales are ctenoid having membranous, digitated hind margin.
Color. Dorsally greenish grey to bluish brown, silver abdomen, faint longitudinal stripes on upper scale rows, caudal and second dorsal fins have black margins, pectoral fin bluish yellow with dark blue spot at its base. Anal and pelvic fins are yellowish white. Golden tinge on operculum.
Distribution. Commonly distributed in the Indo-Pacific region. Collected from Karachi fishing port and Gwadar.
description: Published as part of Hasan, Ariba & Siddiqui, Pirzada Jamal Ahmed, 2020, Taxonomic study of the family Mugilidae from Pakistan coast (northern Arabian Sea), pp. 131-151 in Zootaxa 4881 (1) on page 140, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4426027