Enicospilus tripartitus Chiu, 1954

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 : 132

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.873.2133
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8038506
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scientific name	Enicospilus tripartitus Chiu, 1954
status

Treatment

Enicospilus tripartitus Chiu, 1954 View in CoL View at ENA

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Enicospilus tripartitus Chiu, 1954: 36 View in CoL ; holotype ♀ from Taiwan ( TARI).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus moderately convex, ventral margin subacute; mandible twisted ca 20°, outer surface with a brush of closely spaced fine setae; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites, central sclerite fairly large, more or less oval.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 2 ♀♀; Hanoi, Ba Vi NP ; 400–600 m a.s.l.; 2 Jun. 2001; Pham T.N. leg.; hand net; IEBR • 1 ♀; Lao Cai Province, Sapa ; 1500 m a.s.l.; 18 May 2003; Ta H.T. and Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Son La Province, Thuan Chau, Co Ma ; 1200 m a.s.l.; 4 Jun. 2008; Le X.H. leg.; hand net; IEBR • 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 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Lam Dong Province, Lac Duong, Giang Ly ; 3 Jun. 2013; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Cao Bang Province, Phia Oac - Phia Den NP ; 12 Jul. 2018; Nguyen V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; same locality as for preceding; 22°36.477′ N, 105°52.186′ E; 1605 m a.s.l.; 25 May 2020; Hoang V.T. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same locality as for preceding; 8 Jun. 2020; Nguyen Q.C. leg.; light trap; IEBR GoogleMaps • 3 ♀♀; 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 GoogleMaps .

Remarks

Vietnamese specimens have fore wing lengths 11.0– 12.1 mm, shorter than the specimens examined by Gauld & Mitchell (1981) (13.0–14.0 mm).

Distribution

Previously known from China (including Taiwan), India, Japan, Korea, and Nepal ( Yu et al. 2016). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.