Enicospilus vestigator ( Smith, 1858 )

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 : 140-142

Enicospilus vestigator ( Smith, 1858)

Fig. 82

Ophion vestigator Smith, 1858: 122 ; holotype ♂ from Malaysia ( OUMNH).

Enicospilus vestigator – Townes et al. 1961: 293.

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus flat to weakly convex, ventral margin blunt to subacute; mandible twisted 60°–70°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites present, distal side of central sclerite evenly rounded; CI = 0.25–0.30; SRI = 0.21–0.23.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao NP ; 2 Jun. 1997; R. Matsumoto leg.; OMNH • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; May 2013; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Dong Nai Province, Vinh Cuu, Hieu Liem ; 17 May 2007; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Dak Lak Province, Ea So NR ; 12°55′93″ N, 108°37′964″ E; 310 m a.s.l.; 27 Jul. 2008; Ngo T.H. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Bac Kan Province, Ba Be NP ; 12 May 2014; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Dong Nai Province, Vinh Cuu, Phu Ly ; 11°26.517′ N, 107°06.182′ E; 178 m a.s.l., 11 Jun. 2021; Pham T.N., Hoang V.T. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Cao Bang Province, Ha Quang, Thanh Long ; 22.76852° N, 105.9687° E; 590 m a.s.l.; 24 May 2022; Pham T.N., Hoang V.T. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Ha Giang Province, Vi Xuyen, Phong Quang ; 22.89996° N, 104.91559° E; 609 m a.s.l.; 26 May 2022; Pham T.N. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Lao Cai Province, Bat Xat NR ; 22°37′37″ N, 103°37′32″ E; 1840 m a.s.l.; 28 May 2022; Pham T.N. and Dang T.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

Previously known from Brunei, China (including Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981; Tang 1990; Yu et al. 2016; Shimizu et al. 2020).

Figures

Fig. 82. Enicospilus vestigator (Smith, 1858), ♀ (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.