Enicospilus pantanae 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 : 104-106

Enicospilus pantanae Tang, 1990

Fig. 59

Enicospilus pantanae Tang, 1990: 133 ; holotype ♀ from China ( ZAUC).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin blunt; mandible twisted ca 20°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites, proximal sclerite moderately weak, roughly blade-shaped.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Lam Dong Province, Cat Tien, Dong Nai Thuong ; 22 Apr. 2021; Phan Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Remarks

The specimen from Vietnam has fore wing length 16.6 mm, longer than specimens from China with fore wing 10.5–15.0 mm. Its fore wing indices include AI = 0.77, CI = 0.48, ICI = 0.62, all greater than those of Chinese specimens with AI = 0.5–0.7, CI = 0.30–0.38, ICI = 0.35–0.50, whereas Vietnamese specimen has smaller NI (1.52 vs 2.0–2.5). Otherwise agreeing with specimens from China.

Distribution

Previously known from China ( Tang 1990). This is the first record of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 59. Enicospilus pantanae 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.