Enicospilus urus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981

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 : 138-139

Enicospilus urus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981

Fig. 80

Enicospilus urus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981: 454 ; holotype ♀ from Papua New Guinea ( NHMUK).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin subblunt; mandible twisted 15°–20°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing length 19.0–21.0 mm, fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites, proximal sclerite high and narrow, about 2.2× as high as median width, central sclerite crescentic, formed from the sclerotized antero-distal margin of large quadra; metapleuron without strigose ridges; mesoscutum with two lateral black stripes.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong, Hieu ; 14°41.447′ N, 108°22.376′ E; 1170 m a.s.l.; 12 May 2006; Nguyen Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Gia Lai Province, Kon Chu Rang NP ; 27 May 2019; Nguyen V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Lam Dong Province, Dong Nai Thuong, Cat Tien ; 22 Apr. 2021; Phan Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

Previously known from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 80. Enicospilus urus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981, ♀ (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.