Trathala jazanica Gadallah & Edmardash (Cremastinae 2025, sp. nov.

Trathala jazanica Gadallah & Edmardash, sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: A619C4ED-0631-4111-A6C1-C4541CBC56FA Figs 10 (A–D), 11(A–D), 12(A–C) Material examined: Saudi Arabia (Jazan): Holotype ♀, reared from larva and pupa of a phycitine moth (Pyralidae) developing inside the galls of Z. spina-christi, 9 Oct..2024. Description of holotype female: Body length (excluding ovipositor): 5.0 mm. Colour. Body yellow (Fig. 10A–D), with the end of all femora whitish (Fig. 10B), and hind tibia mostly whitish, black apically and reddish at base (Fig. 12C); mandibular teeth black (Fig. 10C); inner margins of eyes, clypeus, and mandible (except tip black) yellowish white (Fig. 10C, D); T 2 with a prolonged black area extended from base to slightly after the middle (Fig. 12B); T 3 with black subbasal median spot (Fig. 12B), T 3, T 6 and apex of T 7, T 7 black at basal half (Fig. 12C); hind tarsus (Fig. 12C), ovipositor and ovipositor sheaths are black (Fig. 12C). Wings hyaline, with black veins, pterostigma black, whitish along upper margin (Fig. 11D). Head (Figs 10B–D, 11A). Face superficially granulate medially, rest nearly smooth; clypeus convex, separated from face by a thin groove, smooth, 2.4× as wide as long, with rounded apical margin; frons depressed medially just behind middle ocellus, extended to antennal bases, with indistinct transverse wrinkles; vertex finely punctate; occipital carina present medially and lacking laterally, very thin; ocelli relatively large, OOL 1.6× OOL, and as long as OD; mandible with two equal teeth; malar space about as long as basal width of mandible; temple short, gently rounded beneath eye; antenna with 29 flagellomeres, F1 4.0× as long as wide. Mesosoma (Figs 10B, 11A, B). Pronotum nearly smooth; mesoscutum with strong notauli, densely finely punctate medially, distance between punctures shorter than puncture diameter, smooth basally, laterally and posteriorly; scutellum slightly convex, densely punctate, without lateral carinae; metanotum relatively large, constricted medially, smooth; propodeum long, with complete carinae, area superomedia 2.1× as long as its widest part, separated from area petiolaris by a transverse carina; area superomedia and surroundings punctate, punctures are coarser inside area superomedia; area petiolaris transversely wrinkled; mesopleuron upper area smooth and shiny, with very few punctures, rest densely finely punctate; metapleuron densely finely punctate throughout. Fore wing (Fig. 11D) with pterostigma 2.0× as long as its width, distinctly shorter than vein 1-R1 (0.7×); vein r arising beyond middle of pterostigma; vein 2Rs-m forming an obtuse angle with vein 2m-cu, with a single bulla at upper side; vein RS ending a small distance before wing apex. Hind wing (Fig. 11D) with Cu1 above middle, with 4 hamuli. Legs (Figs 10B, 12A, C). Hind femur swollen, 6.0× as long as broad; hind tibia with two longitudinal rows of short, black spines along its outer side; middle tibia with two spurs. Metasoma (Figs 10A, B, 11C, 12B, C). Lower edge of T 1 completely separated and parallel; T 1 thin, somewhat widened posteriorly; T 2 about as long as T 1, 1.9× as long as its apical width; T 1 laterally, all T 2 and basal two-thirds of T 3 finely longitudinally striated, rest of tergites smooth; ovipositor straight, shorter than metasoma, 1.5× as long as hind tibial length. Male: Unknown. Etymology. The new species is named in reference to “ Jazan ”, from which the specimen was collected. Comments. Our female specimen does not agree with any of the Palaearctic Trathala species in Choi et al. (2014: 328). Also, it does not agree with Madagascan species (Rousse et al. 2011), or Réunion species of Rousse & Villemant (2012). Based on Narolsky (2002), the new species differs from T. concolor (Szépligeti, 1905), the closest species, in various aspects, the most distinctive of which are: metasoma with black areas on T 1 and T 2 (Fig. 12B) (body entirely yellow in T. concolor); hind tibia distinctly infuscate at apex (Fig. 12C) (entirely yellow in T. concolor); pterostigma black, with whitish upper margin (Fig. 11D) (pterostigma yellow in T. concolor); propodeum with area superomedia punctate, and area petiolaris transversely wrinkled (Fig. 11B) (propodeum in T. concolor transversely striate).