Enicospilus argus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981

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 : 21-23

Enicospilus argus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981

Fig. 7

Enicospilus argus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981: 425 ; holotype ♀ from Papua New Guinea ( NHMUK).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin subacute to acute; mandible twisted ca 20°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites present, central sclerite with the proximal weakly sclerotized region large, distally strongly sclerotized, more or less bar-shaped and subparallel to vein 2r&RS.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 2 ♀♀; Soc Trang Province, My Tu, My Phuoc ; 9°34′15.6″ N, 105°45′1.6″ E; 8 Apr. 2018; Dang T.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Cao Bang Province, Phia Oac - Phia Den NP ; 8 May 2021; Nguyen D.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Remarks

Vietnamese specimens have the mandible torsion ca 20°, less twisted in comparison with the specimens from Papua New Guinea and the Philippines (40°–45°) ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981).

Distribution

Previously known from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Philippines ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 7. Enicospilus argus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981, ♀ (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.