Enicospilus selmatos 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 : 122

Enicospilus selmatos Chiu, 1954

Fig. 70

Enicospilus selmatos Chiu, 1954: 50 ; holotype ♀ from Taiwan ( TARI).

Henicospilus nigripectus Enderlein, 1921: 26 ; holotype ♂ from Java ( IZPAN) ; junior secondary homonym of Enicospilus nigropectus Cameron, 1905 ; synonymised by Gauld & Mitchell (1981): 422.

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin blunt; mandible twisted 15°–20°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites; median lobe of mesoscutum black, mesosternum blackish.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Nghe An Province, Tuong Duong, Tam Quang ; 450 m a.s.l.; 15 Jul. 2006; Le X.H. leg.; hand net; IEBR • 1 ♀; Cao Bang Province, Phia Oac - Phia Den NP ; 22°35′18.2″ N, 105°52′33.2″ E; 1200 m a.s.l.; 22 May 2020; Hoang V.T. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Son La Province, Moc Chau ; 20 Jun. 2015; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Remarks

Vietnamese specimens have fore wing length 16.3–17 mm, smaller than specimens examined by Gauld & Mitchell (1981), with ICI varying from 0.68–1.0; AI = 0.58–0.78; CI = 0.45–0.61.

Distribution

Previously recorded from Brunei, China (including Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka ( Chiu 1954; Gauld & Mitchell 1981; Tang 1990; Yu et al. 2016). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 70. Enicospilus selmatos Chiu, 1954, ♂ (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.