Enicospilus ramidulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 166

Enicospilus ramidulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ichneumon ramidulus Linnaeus, 1758: 566 . Type lost.

Sphex truncata Poda, 1761: 107 . Type lost?

Henicospilus instabilis Kokujev, 1907: 174 . Lectotype ♀ from Kazachstan in ZIN, not examined.

Material examined: IRAN: 6♂♂, 4♀♀, Zanjan Province and abad, 47˚59’21.87"E, 36˚48’27.73"N, 24 Jun. 2019, Sweepnet, A. Amiri leg. ( HMIM) ; 14♀♀, 4♂♂, Ardebil Province, Meshkin Shahr , 38˚30’37.62"N, 47˚45’17.52"E, 16–30 Aug. 2015, 1750 m. a. s., Malaise trap, A. Ameri leg. ( HMIM) ; 6♀♀, 4♂♂, West Azerbaijan Province, Khoy, Firouragh , 38˚36’25.97"N, 44˚49’33.92"E, 8–20 Apr. 2019, 1278 m. a. s., Malaise trap, A. Ameri leg. ( HMIM) ; 4♀♀, 3♂♂, East Azerbaijan Province, Arasbaran, Protected area ( Kalaybar Aynalo ), 38˚54’10.62"N, 46˚47’0.74"E, 1263, m. a. s., Malaise trap, A. Ameri leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, 9♂♂, West Azerbaijan Province, Mahabad, Sahoolan , 36˚39’19.80"N, 45˚56’46.23"E, 1–16 Aug. 2019, 1780, m. a. s., Malaise trap, A. Ameri leg. ( HMIM) ; 4♂♂, Zanjan Province, Sohrin, Mari , 36˚59’49.63"N, 48˚27’55.30"E, 1–25 Oct. 2019, 2160, m. a. s., Malaise trap, A. Ameri leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, East Azerbaijan Province, Khoda, Afarain, Gholi Biglo Olya , 39˚23’30.99"N, 47˚20’28.77"E, – 16 Jul. 2019, 678 m . a. s., Malaise trap, A. Ameri leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Mazandaran Province, 15 km. S. Alamdeh, 36˚26"N, 51˚54"E, 530 m . a. s., 7 Jun. 2014, J. Halada leg. ( OÖLM) .

Remarks: Only recently reported from Iran ( Amiri et al. 2016). However, the material studied here indicates that this is the most widespread and common species of Enicospilus occurring in Iran.