Enicospilus stenophleps Cushman, 1937

Shimizu, So, Broad, Gavin R. & Maeto, Kaoru, 2020, Integrative taxonomy and analysis of species richness patterns of nocturnal Darwin wasps of the genus Enicospilus Stephens (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) in Japan, ZooKeys 990, pp. 1-144 : 1

Enicospilus stenophleps Cushman, 1937 Figure 47

Enicospilus stenophleps Cushman, 1937: 309; HT ♀ from Taiwan, DEI, not examined.

Specimens examined.

Total of 7 specimens (5♀♀1♂ and 1 unsexed): Japan (2♀♀1♂), Sri Lanka (2♀♀ and 1 unsexed), Taiwan (1♀).

Distribution.

Oriental region ( Yu et al. 2016).

Newly recorded from Japan.

JAPAN: [ Ryûkyûs] Okinawa.

Bionomics.

Unknown.

Differential diagnosis.

Enicospilus stenophleps can be readily distinguished from all other species of Enicospilus by the characteristic very small circular central sclerite and wide fenestra, as in Fig. 47F , although E. stenophleps is closely related to E. vestigator and E. nigribasalis .

Figures

Figure 47. Enicospilus stenophleps Cushman, 1937 ♀ from Japan A habitus B head, frontal view C head, dorsal view D head, lateral view E mesosoma, lateral view F central part of fore wing.