Enicospilus cerebrator Aubert, 1966

Johansson, Niklas, Ameri, Ali, Riedel, Matthias, Talebi, Ali Asghar & Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, 2021, Contribution to the Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Iran with the description of 16 new species and an illustrated key to the Eremotylus of the Western Palaearctic, Zootaxa 5023 (2), pp. 151-206 : 159

Enicospilus cerebrator Aubert, 1966

Enicospilus cerebrator Aubert, 1966: 42 ; Holotype ♀ from France in MZLS, examined.

Material examined: IRAN: 3♀♀, Khuzestan Province, Shoush, Karkheh National Park, Persian Fallow deer Sanctuary , 32˚04’45.6"N, 48˚14’27.8"E, 20–30 Feb. 2015 , 68 m. a. s., Malaise trap, M. Gilasian leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Kerman Province, Jiroft, Narab , 16 Nov. 1999, 900 m . a. s., Badii / Bar. / Mof. leg. ( HMIM) ; 2♀♀, Hormozgan province, Minab, Raveng , 27˚4’37.36"N, 57˚10’22.09"E, 34 m . a. s., 4 May 2016, Afsari / Mozh. leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♂, Karaj Province, S. Kandawan, Sarchal , 4–8 Jul. 1977, 2800 m. a. s., Pazuki / Mortazawiha leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Golestan Province, Park-e, Melli-e, Golestan Yakhtikalan , 20 Jul. 1996, 1650 m. a. s., Ebra / Naz. V. leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Hamadan Province, Hamadan, Darreh-e Moradbeyk , 25–26 Aug. 1995, 2200 m. a. s., Mirz,/ Badii leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Hamadan Province, Hamadan, Darreh-e Moradbeyk , 9 Sep. 1997, 2100 m. a. s., Bar. / Mof. leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♂, Golestan Province, Golestan national parktangrah, Gushe cheshmeh, 37˚31’02.4"N, 55˚44’43.3"E, 849 m . a. s., 1 Sep. 2009, Ali panah, Faisfal leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Mazandaran Province, 20 km S. Amol, 30˚12"N, 52˚22"E, 430 m . a. s., 6 Jun. 2014, J. Halada leg. ( OÖLM) .

Remarks: Recently reported as new to Iran by Mohammadi-Khoramabadi et al. (2020), but apparently a widespread species in Iran. The species belongs to the Enicospilus ramidulus -group of species and is characterized by the strongly narrowed temples in combination with the relatively stout apical flagellomeres.