Enicospilus abdominalis ( Szépligeti, 1906 )

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 : 14-16

Enicospilus abdominalis ( Szépligeti, 1906)

Fig. 3

Henicospilus abdominalis Szépligeti, 1906: 138 ; holotype ♀ from Sri Lanka ( HNHM).

Ophion semiopacus Matsumura, 1912: 114 ; holotype ♀ from Taiwan ( SEHU) ; synonymised by Gauld & Mitchell (1981): 429.

Enicospilus abdominalis – Nikam 1980: 189.

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin subblunt; mandible twisted ca 40°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal and central sclerites large and sclerotized, distal sclerite weakly present; mesosoma with black markings; metasomal tergites 1–4 anteriorly pale yellow, posteriorly black; hind wing distally darkened; metapleuron with diagonal striae.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Lam Dong Province, Bidoup - Nui Ba NP ; 4 May 2022; Nguyen D.H. 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. & Dang T.H. leg; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

China (including Taiwan), India, Korea, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981; Shimizu & Konishi 2018; Shimizu et al. 2020). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 3. Enicospilus abdominalis (Szépligeti, 1906), ♀ (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.