Enicospilus dubius ( Tosquinet, 1896 )

Rousse, Pascal & Villemant, Claire, 2012, Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species, Zootaxa 3278, pp. 1-57 : 37

Enicospilus dubius ( Tosquinet, 1896)

( Figs 5 e, 5h and 15d)

Amesospilus gulosus Seyrig, 1935: 60 ; Henicospilus angustatus Szépligeti, 1906: 47 ; Ophion dubius Tosquinet, 1896: 390 ; Ophion anceps Tosquinet, 1896: 392

Diagnosis. The characterization of E. dubius needs a close examination. The characters in the key should avoid confusion with other species without a central alar sclerite and with inter-ocellar area yellow or orange.

Description. Gauld & Mitchell (1978).

Host records. Anomis leona , Chrysodeixis chalcites ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) and Plusia sp. ( Lepidoptera : Plusiidae) ( Gauld & Mitchell 1978).

Comments. One of the commonest African species of Enicospilus .

Distribution records. Reunion (new record). Widely distributed throughout Africa to Madagascar and Comoros ( Gauld & Mitchell, 1978).

Material examined. 1Ƥ St Joseph / Grand Coude, alt. 1250m, II.2008, leg. P. Rousse (light trap).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Morphological details. a: Dusona sp., head, face. b: Tryphoninae, head, face. c: Metopiinae, head, face. d: Enicospilus rufus, head, profile. e: Enicospilus dubius, head, profile. f-h Enicospilus spp. left mandible details (f: E. ruscus; g: E. helvolus; h: E. dubius). i: Hyposoter sp., left mandible detail. j: Cremastinae, apex of hind tibia, hind ventral view. k-n Campopleginae spp., right wing details (k: Eriborus sp.; l: Enytus sp.; m: Diadegma sp.; n: Dusona sp.). o-p: Tersilochinae spp., right wing detail (o: Diaparsis sp.; p: Aneuclis sp.). q: Campopleginae, head and prothorax, profile. r: Cryptinae, head and mesosoma, profile. s: Diplazontinae, metasomal tergite I, dorsal. t: Banchinae, apex of mesosoma and metasomal tergites I – II, profile. u: Hyposoter, metasomal tergite I, profile. v – w: Cremastinae spp. metasomal tergite I, ventral (v: Trathala sp.; w: Temelucha sp.). x – y: Cryptinae spp., head and mesosoma, ventral (x: Paraphylax sp.; y: Diatora sp.) (adapted after Townes 1970, 1971; Gauld & Mitchell 1978; Gauld 1991; Wahl & Sharkey 1993).