Enicospilus nigropectus Cameron, 1905

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 : 102-104

Enicospilus nigropectus Cameron, 1905

Fig. 57

Enicospilus nigropectus Cameron, 1905b: 123 ; holotype ♀ from Sarawak ( NHMUK).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area black; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin subacute to blunt; mandible twisted 30–40°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal and distal sclerites, SDI = 1.07 or less, vein 2r&RS centrally thickened; metapleuron reticulate.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♂; Ha Tinh, Huong Son, Son Tay ; 24 May 2004; Truong X.L. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Phu Tho Province, Xuan Son NP ; 17 Oct. 2004; Truong X.L. leg.; hand net; IEBR • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 7 May 2005; Pham T.N. leg.; hand net; IEBR • 1 ♂; Son La Province, Thuan Chau, Chieng Bom ; 30 Apr. 2016; Hoang V.T. and Nguyen V.B. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Son La, Thuan Chau, Co Ma ; 14 May 2017; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Kon Tum Province, Mang Den, Mang Canh ; 5 Jun. 2019; Nguyen V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Quang Nam Province, Bac Tra My, Tra Doc ; 13 Mar. 2020; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 15°25′37″ N, 108°7′5.5″ E; 221 m a.s.l.; 15 Mar. 2020; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Dien Bien Province, Muong Nhe ; 22.38560° N, 102.23854° E; 750 m a.s.l.; 25 Jun. 2022; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

Previously known from China (including Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand ( Yu et al. 2016; Shimizu & Konishi 2018). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 57. Enicospilus nigropectus Cameron, 1905, ♀ (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.