Enicospilus teleus 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 : 129

Enicospilus teleus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981

Fig. 75

Enicospilus teleus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981: 355 . Holotype ♂ from Malaysia ( NHMUK) .

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin blunt; mandible twisted ca 20°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing length from 21.2–22.3 mm, fenestra with proximal and distal sclerites; mesoscutum with three black stripes.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong, Hieu ; 14°41.447′ N, 108°22.376′ E; 1170 m a.s.l.; 16 May 2006; Nguyen Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Lam Dong Province, Bidoup - Nui Ba NP ; 4 Jun. 2013; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same locality as for preceding; 27 Apr. 2022; Nguyen D.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 2 ♀♀; 4 May 2022; Nguyen D.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 2 ♀♀; Kon Tum Province, Mang Den, Mang Canh ; 5 Jun. 2019; Nguyen V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Quang Nam Province, Tay Giang , TrʼHy ; 10 Jul. 2019; Phan Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

Previously known Brunei, Laos, and Malaysia ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981; Shimizu & Konishi 2018). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 75. Enicospilus teleus 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.