Enicospilus nigriventris Nikam, 1975

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 : 100-101

Enicospilus nigriventris Nikam, 1975

Fig. 55

Enicospilus (Bicorniata) nigriventris Nikam, 1975: 195 ; holotype ♂ from India ( MUC).

Enicospilus nigriventris – Nikam 1980: 197.

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus moderately convex, ventral margin acute; mandible twisted ca 75°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; body reddish with black markings, fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites present, central sclerite large, C-shaped, formed from the antero-distal periphery to almost ventral margin of an extensive quadra; mesoscutum posteriorly black.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Gia Lai Province, Kon Chu Rang NP ; 21 Sep. 2017; Nguyen Q.C. and Nguyen T.P.L. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Dong Nai Province, Vinh Cuu, Phu Ly ; 11°20.848′ N, 107°08.514′ E; 95 m a.s.l.; 9 Jun. 2021; Pham T.N., Hoang V.T. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Dong Nai Province, Vinh Cuu, Phu Ly ; 11°26.517′ N, 107°06.182′ E; 178 m a.s.l.; 11 Jun. 2021; Pham T.N., Hoang V.T. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

Previously known from Brunei, India, and Philippines ( Yu et al. 2016). These are the first record of this species from Vietnam

Figures

Fig. 55. Enicospilus nigriventris Nikam, 1975, ♂ (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.