Enicospilus nigristigma Cushman, 1937

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 : 98-99

Enicospilus nigristigma Cushman, 1937

Fig. 54

Enicospilus nigristigma Cushman, 1937: 309 ; holotype ♀ from Taiwan ( DEI) .

Diagnosis

Interocellar area black; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin blunt; mandible twisted 5°–10°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; body reddish with black markings, fore wing length ca 18.0 mm or more, fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites present, central sclerite C-shaped, formed from the distal periphery of an extensive quadra.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Thua Thien-Hue Province, Bach Ma NP ; 12 Jul. 2011; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Gia Lai Province, Kon Chu Rang; 27 May 2019; Nguyen V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Cao Bang Province, Phia Oac - Phia Den NP ; 22°35.305′ N, 105°52.552′ E; 1216 m a.s.l.; 23 May 2020; Hoang V.T. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 24 May 2020; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

Previously known from China (including Taiwan), Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand ( Yu et al. 2016). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 54. Enicospilus nigristigma Cushman, 1937, ♀ (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.