Enicospilus ramidulus

Lima, Alessandro Rodrigues, Jacobi, Claudia Maria & Kumagai, Alice Fumi, 2012, A key to the Neotropical species of the Enicospilus ramidulus species-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae), with the description of a new Brazilian species, Zootaxa 3409, pp. 63-68 : 68

Key to Neotropical* species of Enicospilus ramidulus species-group

* The Enicospilus of the Galápagos Islands are not considered in this key. For more details about them, see Gauld and Carter (1983).

1 Fore wing vein cu-a reaching M+Cu distad of the base of Rs&M ( Fig. 2 A).............. E. cheoi Fernández-Triana, 2005

1’ Fore wing vein cu-a reaching M+Cu coincident or proximal to the base of Rs&M ................................... 2

2(1’) Central sclerite of fore wing discosubmarginal cell absent ( Fig. 2 B)....................... E. neotropicus Hooker, 1912

2’ Central sclerite of fore wing discosubmarginal cell present, distinctly pigmented or with only an almost indistinct, unpig- mented thickening present in the fenestra.................................................................. 3

3(2’) Central sclerite of fore wing discosubmarginal cell strongly sclerotized, thicker than Rs+2r, subcircular to D-shaped ( Fig. 2 C); notauli entirely absent................................................................ E. purgatus ( Say, 1835)

3’ Central sclerite on fore wing discosubmarginal cell weakly sclerotized, thinner than Rs+2r, irregularly shaped ( Figs 2 D, 4A); notauli weak but discernible............................................................................. 4

4(3’) Upper mandibular tooth 3 or more times as long as lower tooth; fore wing distal sclerite absent ( Fig. 2 D); 5‒6 hamuli on hind wing vein R1 ........................................................................ E. doylei Gauld, 1988

4’ Upper mandibular tooth 1.3 times as long as lower tooth; fore wing distal sclerite present ( Fig. 4 A); 8‒9 hamuli on hind wing vein R1 .................................................................................... E. diae sp n.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Discosubmarginal cells on fore wing of Enicospilus (A—modified from Fernández-Triana, 2005; B, C, D—modified from Gauld, 1988). The grey area represents the pilose portion of the cell. A— E. cheoi; B— E. neotropicus; C— E. purgatus; D— E. doylei.

FIGURE 4 Enicospilus diae sp. n. A—Fore wing; B—lateral view of thorax, the arrow indicates the epicnemial carina; C—lateral view of apex of female metasoma.