Enicospilus insinuator ( Smith, 1860 )

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 : 74-76

Enicospilus insinuator ( Smith, 1860)

Fig. 40

Ophion insinuator Smith, 1860: 141 ; holotype ♀ from Moluccas ( OUMNH)

Enicospilus insinuator – Townes et al. 1961: 294.

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin blunt to subacute; mandible twisted ca 40°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal and distal sclerites present, quadra large; mesoscutum with a median black stripe.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♂; Ha Giang Province, Vi Xuyen, Phong Quang ; 22.89996° N, 104.91559° E; 609 m a.s.l.; 26 May 2022; Pham T.N. and Pham V.P. light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Lao Cai Province, Bat Xat NR ; 22°37′37″ N, 103°37′32″ E; 1840 m a.s.l.; 28 May 2022; Pham T.N. and Dang T.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Lai Chau Province, Sin Ho, Ta Ngao ; 22°16′19″ N, 103°14′54″ E; 1520 m a.s.l.; 1 Jun. 2022; Pham T.N. and Dang T.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

Previously known Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981; Tang 1990; Yu et al. 2016). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 40. Enicospilus insinuator (Smith, 1860), ♀ (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.