Enicospilus unicallosus (Vollenhoven, 1878)

Johansson, Niklas, Ameri, Ali, Riedel, Matthias, Talebi, Ali Asghar & Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, 2021, Contribution to the Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Iran with the description of 16 new species and an illustrated key to the Eremotylus of the Western Palaearctic, Zootaxa 5023 (2), pp. 151-206 : 168

Enicospilus unicallosus (Vollenhoven, 1878)

Ophion unicallosus (Vollenhoven, 1878) : 167. Pl. 10, Fig. 4, 4a , type lost.

Ophion pseudophiae Kohl, 1905 , holotype ♀ in NMHW, not examined

Enicospilus grandiflavus Townes & Townes, 1973 , 177 (replacement name for E. grandis Morley, 1912 ) syn. nov. holotype ♀ from Zimbabwe in NHMUK, examined.

Material examined: IRAN: 1♀, Kerman Province, 25 km E. of Jiroft (Mijan), 28˚42"N, 57˚57"E, 27 May 2014, Mi. Halada leg., ( OÖLM) .

Remarks: A very large and distinct species with coarse irregular transverse ridges covering propodeum. Depicted by Amiri et al. 2016, as E. ahngeri ( Figs 1A–C in that paper). I have studied the type of Henicospilus grandis Morley, 1912 , collected in Northern Zimbabwe and it the specimen is conspecific with the species here presented. The type of Enicospilus unicallosus cannot be located in French or Dutch collections and appears to be lost. The type was collected in Spain and the corresponding author has studied material from Spain as well as the the entire Mediterranean area where the species seems to be locally common. Based on this Enicospilus grandiflavus syn. nov. is a junior synonym of Enicospilus unicallosus .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Enicospilus affinis Hedwig, 1957 stat. rev., holotype ♀ (SMNS). A) Habitus, lateral view; B) head, anterior view; C) labels; D) alar sclerites,; E) habitus, dorsal view. Photos: Hege Vårdal.

FIGURE 4. Enicospilus apocalypticus Johansson sp. nov. holotype ♀ (HMIM). A) Habitus, lateral view; B) head, anterior view; C) head, dorsal view; D) apical flagellomeres; E) alar sclerites; F) hind tarsal claws; G) propodeum, dorsal view. Photos: Niklas Johansson.