Enicospilus biharensis Townes, Townes & Gupta, 1961

Pham, Nhi Thi, Pham, Phu Van, Matsumoto, Rikio, Shimizu, So & Broad, Gavin R., 2023, A review of the genus Enicospilus Stephens (Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of ten new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 873 (1), pp. 1-151 : 32-34

Enicospilus biharensis Townes, Townes & Gupta, 1961

Fig. 14

Henicospilus horsfieldi var. glabratus Morley, 1913: 395 ; holotype ♀ from India ( NHMUK) ; junior secondary homonym of Enicospilus glabratus (Say) .

Enicospilus biharensis – Townes et al. 1961: 271. [Replacement name for H. horsfieldi var. glabratus Morley. ]

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus flat to weakly convex, ventral margin blunt to subacute; mandible twisted 40–60°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal and distal sclerites present, weak and elongate, CI less than 0.5, AI = 0.5–0.7.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Hanoi, Thach That, Tan Xa ; 10–20 Mar. 2002; Khuat D.L. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Hoa Binh Province, Yen Thuy, Lac Thinh ; 10–20 May 2002; Khuat D.L. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 1–10 Aug. 2002; IEBR • 1 ♂; Nghe An Province, Con Cuong, Kem waterfall ; 300 m a.s.l.; 25 Apr. 2006; Le X.H. leg.; hand net; IEBR • 1 ♀; Thai Nguyen Province, Dai Tu, Cat Ne ; 15–20 Nov. 2007; Khuat D.L. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Gia Lai Province, Kon Ka Kinh NP ; 8 Jun. 2011; Nguyen Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Gia Lai Province, Kbong, Kon Pne ; 15 Jul. 2012; Ta H.T. and Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Ninh Thuan Province, Phuoc Binh NP ; 26 Jul. 2014; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Ninh Thuan Province, Nui Chua NP ; 5 Aug. 2014; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 2 ♀♀; Kon Tum Province, Chu Mom Ray NP ; Feb. 2015; Hoang T.P. leg.; UV light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 23 Apr. 2022; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Son La Province, Thuan Chau, Chieng Bom ; 3 Sep. 2016; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Son La Province, Thuan Chau, Co Ma ; 5 Sep. 2016; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Tuyen Quang Province, Lam Binh, Na Tong ; 22°29.735′ N, 105°19.308′ E; 174 m a.s.l.; 20 Sep. 2017; Pham T.N. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 4 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂; Kon Tum Province, Ngoc Linh, Xop ; 15°07′0.5″ N, 107°48′5.9″ E; 940 m a.s.l.; 10 Mar. 2019; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 2 ♀♀; Gia Lai Province, Kon Chu Rang NP ; 27 May 2019; Nguyen V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Gia Lai Province, Kon Ka Kinh NP ; 15°25′37″ N, 108°7′5.5″ E; 221 m a.s.l.; 15 Mar. 2019; Nguyen D.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 16 Mar. 2019; IEBR • 1 ♀; Kon Tum Province, Mang Den, Mang Canh ; 5 Jun. 2019; Nguyen V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 6 Jun. 2019; IEBR • 1 ♂; Quang Nam Province, Tay Giang, TrʼHy ; 15°48′59″ N, 107°22′23″ E; 1210 m a.s.l.; 24 Jul. 2019; Phan Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Cao Bang Province, Phia Oac - Phia Den NP ; 22°35.305′ N, 105°52.552′ E; 1216 m a.s.l.; 24 May 2020; Hoang V.T. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 2 ♀♀; Lam Dong Province, Cat Tien, Dong Nai Thuong ; 11.725922° N, 107.4789° E; 505 m a.s.l.; 22 Apr. 2021; Phan Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Lam Dong Province, Bidoup - Nui Ba NP; 25 Apr. 2022; Nguyen D.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Ninh Binh Province, Cuc Phuong NP ; 8 Jun. 2022; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Dien Bien Province, Muong Nhe ; 22.38560° N, 102.23854° E; 750 m a.s.l.; 25 Jun. 2022; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Remarks

Vietnamese specimens have the fore wing length from 9.0–15.0 mm, shorter than the specimens examined by Gauld & Mitchell (1981) (12.0–17.0 mm).

Distribution

Previously known from China (including Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lank, and Thailand ( Yu et al. 2016). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 14. Enicospilus biharensis Townes, Townes & Gupta, 1961, ♀ (IEBR). a. Habitus. b. Head, frontal view. c. Head, dorsal view. d. Head, lateral view. e. Mesosoma, lateral view. f. Central part of fore wing. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.