Enicospilus strigilatus Tang, 1990

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 : 128-129

Enicospilus strigilatus Tang, 1990

Fig. 74

Enicospilus strigilatus Tang, 1990: 101 ; holotype ♀ from China ( FAFU).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin acute; mandible twisted ca 40°, outer surface with a conspicuous brush of long stout setae on diagonal groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites, central sclerite stout, crescentic, weakly pigmented; metapleuron shiny and finely punctate.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Thai Nguyen Province, Dinh Hoa, Phu Dinh ; 2 Apr. 2004; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Ha Tinh Province, Huong Son, Son Hong ; 24 Apr. 2004; Truong X.L. leg.; hand net; IEBR .

Remarks

Vietnamese specimens have the fore wing length 17.0– 18.2 mm, antennae with 67–71 flagellomeres, longer than those of Chinese specimens (14.5–15.5 mm and 64 flagellomeres), whereas fore wing indices ICI and AI are slightly smaller (0.45–0.50 vs 0.55–0.60 and 0.40–0.44 vs 0.45–0.50, respectively). Otherwise agreeing with the description of Tang (1990).

Distribution

Previously known from China ( Tang 1990). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 74. Enicospilus strigilatus Tang, 1990, ♀ (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.