Enicospilus iapetus 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 : 74

Enicospilus iapetus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981

Fig. 39

Enicospilus iapetus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981: 371 ; holotype ♀ from Indonesia ( EMUS) .

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin acute; mandible twisted ca 30°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal and distal sclerites present, linear, quadra large, crescentic, marginal cell with a glabrous area proximally; tarsal claws lacking pecten proximally.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Lam Dong Province, Bidoup - Nui Ba NP ; 21 Jul. 2014; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Kon Tum Province, Mang Den, Mang Canh ; 6 Jun. 2019; Nguyen V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 3 ♀♀; 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 • 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, Sa De Phin ; 22°18′18″ N, 103°13′37″ E; 1760 m a.s.l.; 31 May 2022; Pham T.N. and Dang T.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

Previously known from Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, and Philippines ( Yu et al. 2016). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 39. Enicospilus iapetus 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.