Enicospilus verticinus ( Roman, 1913 )

Pham, Nhi Thi, Pham, Phu Van, Matsumoto, Rikio, Shimizu, So & Broad, Gavin R., 2023, A review of the genus Enicospilus Stephens (Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of ten new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 873 (1), pp. 1-151 : 140

Enicospilus verticinus ( Roman, 1913)

Fig. 81

Henicospilus verticinus Roman, 1913: 28 ; lectotype ♀ from Philippines ( NHRS).

Enicospilus verticinus – Townes et al. 1961: 293.

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin blunt; mandible twisted 30°–40°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites, central sclerite weak to moderately strong, C-shaped, formed from distal margin of quadra.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Hanoi, Thach That, Tan Xa ; 15–25 May 2002; Khuat D.L. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Gia Lai Province, Kon Ka Kinh NP ; 7–8 Jun. 2011; Nguyen Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 14 Mar. 2019; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Remarks

Vietnamese specimens have antennae with 57–62 flagellomeres, longer than the specimens examined by Gauld and Mitchell (1981) (53–56 flagellomeres).

Distribution

Previously known from Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and the Philippines ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981). These are the first record of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 81. Enicospilus verticinus (Roman, 1913), ♀ (IEBR). a. Habitus. b. Head, frontal view. c. Head, dorsal view. d. Head, lateral view. e. Mesosoma, lateral view. f. Central part of fore wing. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.