Enicospilus corculus ( Tosquinet, 1903 )

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 : 42-43

Enicospilus corculus ( Tosquinet, 1903)

Fig. 19

Ophion (Allocamptus) corculus Tosquinet, 1903: 35 ; holotype ♀ from Indonesia ( RBINS).

Enicospilus corculus – Townes et al. 1961: 273.

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus flat, ventral margin subacute; mandible twisted ca 20°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with weak proximal and distal sclerites, CI less than 0.5, AI more than 0.9; metasoma from T3 onwards dark brown.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 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 • 1 ♀; Cao Bang Province, Nguyen Binh, Tinh Tuc ; 3 Jun. 2020; Nguyen D.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Remarks

In comparison with the specimens examined by Gauld & Mitchell (1981), Vietnamese specimens have longer antenna (64 flagellomeres vs 62), shorter lower face (0.65–0.70× as broad as long vs 0.70–0.75×), shorter fore wing (18–20 mm vs 20–22 mm), and shorter ICI (0.78–0.81 vs 0.90–0.95).

Distribution

Previously known from Indonesia ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 19. Enicospilus corculus (Tosquinet, 1903), ♀ (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.