Enicospilus ixion 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 : 77

Enicospilus ixion Gauld & Mitchell, 1981

Fig. 41

Enicospilus ixion Gauld & Mitchell, 1981: 466 ; holotype ♀ from Malaysia ( NHMUK).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly to moderately convex, ventral margin subblunt; mandible twisted ca 40°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing with proximal, central and distal sclerites, strongly pigmented, distal side of central sclerite conspicuously angulate, ICI = 0.7–0.8.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Dong Nai Province, Cat Tien NP ; 29 May 2002; Le X.H. leg.; hand net; IEBR .

Remarks

The single known specimen from Vietnam has ICI = 0.8, slightly greater than in the holotype female (ICI = 0.7). Note that the holotype has the mandibles twisted by about 20° from the vertical, not twisted by 70°–80° as stated in the description.

Distribution

Previously known from Malaysia and Philippines ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981; Yu et al. 2016). It is the first record of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 41. Enicospilus ixion 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.