Enicospilus aciculatus ( Taschenberg, 1875 )

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 : 16

Enicospilus aciculatus ( Taschenberg, 1875)

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Ophion aciculatus Taschenberg, 1875: 434 ; lectotype ♀ from Java ( MLUH) , designated by Townes et al. (1961).

Enicospilus aciculatus – Townes et al. 1961: 296.

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus moderately convex, ventral margin blunt; mandible twisted ca 40°, outer surface with a diagonal setose groove, upper tooth about 2.0 × as long as lower tooth; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites present, central sclerite moderately large, weakly sclerotized, distal sclerite stout, narrowly separated from proximal sclerite; metapleuron with diagonal striae.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♂; Tuyen Quang Province, Na Hang, Trung Phin ; 22°30′86″ N, 105°23′49.2″ E; 956 m a.s.l.; 17 Sep. 2017; Pham T.N. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Gia Lai Province, Kon Ka Kinh NP ; 28 Apr. 2022; Pham V.P. leg.; IEBR • 1 ♀; Lao Cai Province, Bat Xat NR ; 22°37′37″ N, 103°37′32″ E; 1840 m a.s.l.; 28 May 2022; Pham T.N. and Dang T.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

China (including Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu, and Vietnam ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981; Shimizu et al. 2020).

Figures

Fig. 4. Enicospilus aciculatus (Taschenberg, 1875), ♂ (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.