Enicospilus atoponeus Cushman, 1947

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 : 23-24

Enicospilus atoponeus Cushman, 1947

Fig. 9

Atoponeura concolor Szépligeti, 1905: 34 ; holotype ♀ from Sulawesi ( HNHM) ; junior secondary homonym of Enicospilus concolor (Cresson, 1865) .

Enicospilus atoponeus Cushman, 1947: 466 , 472. [Replacement name for A. cocolor Szépligeti, 1905 .]

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus flat to weakly convex, ventral margin acute; mandible twisted 30°–40°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra without any sclerites, vein 1m-cu&M centrally broadened, 2r&RS rather stout, distally abruptly tapered.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Thua Thien-Hue Province, Bach Ma NP; 400 m a.s.l.; 13 Aug. 2005; Truong X.L. leg.; hand net; IEBR • 1 ♀; Gia Lai Province, Kon Chu Rang NP ; 26 Apr. 2016; Nguyen T.P.L. and Nguyen Q.C. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Gia Lai Province, Kon Ka Kinh NP ; 10 Jun. 2011; Nguyen Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 14 Mar. 2019; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

Previously known from Brunei, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines ( Yu et al. 2016). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 9. Enicospilus atoponeus Cushman, 1947, ♀ (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.