Enicospilus inflexus (Ratzeburg, 1844)

Verheyde, Fons, Hoekstra, Paul, Libert, Pierre-Nicolas, Meijer, Hilco, Ketelaere, Augustijn De, Vandaudenard, Thibaud, Belgers, Dick & Brosens, Edwin, 1880, Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 122, pp. 1-142 : 80

Enicospilus inflexus (Ratzeburg, 1844)

Enicospilus inflexus is a large species (fore wing length c. 20 mm) without any sclerites in the abovementioned glabrous area of the fore wing. It is not easy to distinguish it from E. undulatus . Its head is not expanded laterally beyond the eyes (posteriorly, in dorsal view) and the ocelli are touching or almost touching the eye. Furthermore, E. inflexus has the antennal socket separated from the inner margin of the eye by only a third of the socket’s diameter (BROAD & SHAW, 2016; JOHANSSON, 2018). First report for Belgium and the Netherlands.

MATERIAL EXAMINED:

BELGIUM: • 1 ♂; Koekelare (WVL); 51°05’27”N 2°58’36”E; 17/vi/2020; F. Declerck leg.; field observation; G. Broad det. (ObsID: 194328978) .

THE NETHERLANDS: • 1 ♂; Heeze-Leende , Strabrechtste Heide (NB); 51°23’51”N 5°38’14”E; 19/vi/2012; Telpost Strabrecht leg.; field observation; G. Várkonyi det. (ObsID: 72372994) . • 1 ♂; Heeze-Leende , Strabrechtste Heide (NB); 51°23’51”N 5°38’14”E; 9/vi/2013; Telpost Strabrecht leg.; field observation; G. Várkonyi det. (ObsID: 81094316) […] .