Enicospilus ruscus Gauld & Mitchell, 1978

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Enicospilus ruscus Gauld & Mitchell, 1978

( Figs 5 f, 15j, 17a–b)

Diagnosis. Enicospilus ruscus is characterized in the subregion by the very small sclerite (but see E. sesamiae ) and its piliferous furrow on mandible.

Description. Gauld & Mitchell (1978).

Host records. Mythimna loreyi , Sesamia botanephaga and S. vuteria ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ).

Distribution records. Reunion (new record). Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda.

Material examined. 1Ƥ Trois Bassins, alt. 750m, XII.2009, leg. IDR (light trap); 1Ƥ St Louis / Les Makes, alt. 900m, IV.2006, leg. IDR (light trap).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Morphological details. a: Dusona sp., head, face. b: Tryphoninae, head, face. c: Metopiinae, head, face. d: Enicospilus rufus, head, profile. e: Enicospilus dubius, head, profile. f-h Enicospilus spp. left mandible details (f: E. ruscus; g: E. helvolus; h: E. dubius). i: Hyposoter sp., left mandible detail. j: Cremastinae, apex of hind tibia, hind ventral view. k-n Campopleginae spp., right wing details (k: Eriborus sp.; l: Enytus sp.; m: Diadegma sp.; n: Dusona sp.). o-p: Tersilochinae spp., right wing detail (o: Diaparsis sp.; p: Aneuclis sp.). q: Campopleginae, head and prothorax, profile. r: Cryptinae, head and mesosoma, profile. s: Diplazontinae, metasomal tergite I, dorsal. t: Banchinae, apex of mesosoma and metasomal tergites I – II, profile. u: Hyposoter, metasomal tergite I, profile. v – w: Cremastinae spp. metasomal tergite I, ventral (v: Trathala sp.; w: Temelucha sp.). x – y: Cryptinae spp., head and mesosoma, ventral (x: Paraphylax sp.; y: Diatora sp.) (adapted after Townes 1970, 1971; Gauld & Mitchell 1978; Gauld 1991; Wahl & Sharkey 1993).