Enicospilus longitarsis 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 : 83

Enicospilus longitarsis Tang, 1990

Fig. 45

Enicospilus longitarsis Tang, 1990: 82 ; holotype ♀ from China ( IZCAS).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus moderately convex, ventral margin acute; mandible moderately long, twisted ca 20°, outer surface with a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal and distal sclerites, distal sclerite stout, connected to proximal sclerite; epicnemial carina strong, bent towards anterior margin of mesopleuron; fore tibia with many long spines on outer surface.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Cao Bang Province, Phia Oac - Phia Den NP ; 22°35′18.2″ N, 105°52′33.2″ E; 1200 m a.s.l.; 22 May 2020; Hoang V.T. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Remarks

The Vietnamese specimen has the fore wing length 17.5 mm, slightly shorter than the holotype specimen (18.0 mm), with SDI = 1.53 (vs 1.38 in the holotype) and hind wing NI = 1.5 (vs 2.0). Its antenna has 73 flagellomeres (vs 76 in the holotype). Otherwise agreeing with the description of Tang (1990).

Distribution

Previously known from China ( Tang 1990; Yu et al. 2016). It is the first record of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 45. Enicospilus longitarsis 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.