Enicospilus mythrus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981

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 : 91-93

Enicospilus mythrus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981

Fig. 50

Enicospilus mythrus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981: 343 ; holotype ♀ from Philippines ( NMHN).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin blunt; mandible twisted ca 40°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing darkened anteriorly, fenestra with proximal and distal sclerites present; hind tarsal claws with distal pecten projecting beyond apical tooth; mesoscutum posteriorly black.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Quang Nam Province, Bac Tra My, Tra Doc ; 15°25′37″ N, 108°7′5.5″ E; 221 m a.s.l.; 15 Mar. 2020; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Remarks

The Vietnamese specimen has ICI = 0.64 and SDI = 1.33, greater than specimens from the Philippines (0.46–0.56 and 1.15–1.25 respectively), whereas AI = 0.58, smaller than that of Philippines specimens (0.96–1.07).

Distribution

Previously known from Philippines ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981). It is the first record of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 50. Enicospilus mythrus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981, ♀ (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.