Enicospilus ashbyi Ashmead, 1904

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 : 23

Enicospilus ashbyi Ashmead, 1904

Fig. 8

Enicospilus ashbyi Ashmead, 1904: 17 : holotype ♂ from Philippines ( NMNH) .

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; antenna with flagellomeres short, F20 about 1.5–1.6 × as long as broad; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin blunt; mandible twisted ca 30°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites present, central sclerite more or less elliptic, parallel to vein 2r&RS, formed from antero-distal margin of quadra.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Lao Cai Province, Sapa ; 1600 m a.s.l.; 27 May 1997; R. Matsumoto leg.; OMNH • 1 ♀; Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao NP ; 8 May 2012; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Ninh Binh Province, Trang An Landscape Complex, Tran Temple ; 20°15.516′ N, 105°53.271′ E; 32 m a.s.l.; 11 Jun. 2018; Pham T.N., Dang T.H. and Nguyen H.N. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂, 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 • 2 ♀♀; Hoa Binh Province, Mai Chau, Bao La ; 20.7046° N, 104.9720° E; 830 m a.s.l.; 3 Jul. 2022; Phan Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

China (including Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam ( Yu et al. 2016).

Figures

Fig. 8. Enicospilus ashbyi Ashmead, 1904, ♀ (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.