Enicospilus grandis (Cameron, 1905)

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 : 68-69

Enicospilus grandis (Cameron, 1905)

Fig. 35

Pleuroneurophion grandis Cameron, 1905b: 123 ; holotype ♀ from India ( NHMUK).

Enicospilus grandis – Townes et al. 1961: 277.

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin sub-acute; mandible long, weakly narrowed proximally, twisted 20°–30°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing length 19.0–23.0 mm, fenestra without any sclerites.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Lai Chau Province, Hoang Lien NP ; 3 Jul. 2013; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Son La Province, Thuan Chau, Co Ma ; 5 Sep. 2016; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 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 .

Distribution

Previously known from China (including Taiwan), India, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981; Yu et al. 2016). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 35. Enicospilus grandis (Cameron, 1905), ♀ (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.