Enicospilus gasteralis Nikam, 1980

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 : 61-63

Enicospilus gasteralis Nikam, 1980

Fig. 32

Enicospilus gasteralis Nikam, 1980: 188 ; holotype ♀ from India ( NZSI).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area black; lower face about 0.84 × as wide as long; clypeus convex, ventral margin acute; mandible wide and long, not at all narrow proximally, twisted ca 10°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites, SDI = 1.0; metasomal tergites exceptionally long and narrow.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Gia Lai Province, Kon Ka Kinh NP ; 1060 m a.s.l.; 22 Feb. 2012; Hoang V.T. 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 .

Remarks

Fore wing lengths of the two Vietnamese specimens are 16.7 mm and 13.5 mm; the holotype from India has a fore wing of 15.0 mm. The female specimen from Gia Lai Province has greater fore wing indices as follows: AI = 1.29, CI = 0.72 and ICI = 0.42 (vs 1.15, 0.46 and 0.38, respectively in the holotype).

Distribution

Previously known from India ( Nikam 1980; Yu et al. 2016). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 32. Enicospilus gasteralis Nikam, 1980, ♀ (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.