Enicospilus adustus (Haller, 1885), 2016

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 : 153

Enicospilus adustus (Haller, 1885)

Henicospilus adustus Haller, 1885: 200 . Neotype ♀ in ETHZ from Switzerland, examined.

Material examined: IRAN: 1♀, Zanjan Province, Zanjan, Solta niyeh, Asadabad , 14 Aug. 1994, 1750 m. a. s., Safs / Ebra leg. ( HMIM) ; 2♀♀, Khorasan Province, E. Shomali, Ashkhaneh-Darkash, 15 Jun. 2009, 1350 m. a. s., Mof. leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Golestan Province, Park-e, Melli-e, Golestan Yakhtikalan , 20 Jul. 1996, 1650 m. a. s., Ebra / Naz. V. leg. ( HMIM) ; 3♀♀, East Azerbaijan Province, Gharbi, Khoy, Habash-e , Sofla , 19–20 Aug. 1994, 1825 m. a. s., Safz. / Ebra. leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Ardabil Province, Meshkinshahr, Ilandu , 3 Jul. 1997, 1800 m. a. s., Bar. / Mof. leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Zanjan Province, Mahneshan, Queslajuq Sofla , 36˚36’45.69"N, 47˚34’13.19"E, 5–25 Jul. 2019, 1647 m. a. s., Malaise trap, A. Amiri leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Ardebil Province, Sarein, Ardestan , 2 Jul. 1997, 1700 m. a. s., Barari / Mof. leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Khorasan Province, 10 km W. Raz, Koppe Dag , 37˚54"N, 56˚55"E, 1200 m. a. s., Mi. Halada leg. ( OÖLM) .

Remarks: Enicospilus adustus was previously reported from Iran under the name Enicospilus merdarius ( Amiri et al. 2016) a name which should be applied to another species ( Broad & Shaw 2016, Johansson 2018). Enicospilus adustus is a common and widespread species, which occurs all over the Western Palaearctic and possibly also the eastern realm. The studied material shows some intraspecific variation, which indicates that even the more strictly defined E. adustus may contain cryptic species.