Enicospilus zebrus 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 : 143-145

Enicospilus zebrus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981

Fig. 84

Enicospilus zebrus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981: 406 ; holotype ♀ from Myanmar ( NHMUK).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus moderately convex, ventral margin acute; mandible twisted 10°–15°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra long, anterodistal corner interstitial to RS, with proximal, central and distal sclerites present; fore wing with darkened areas, mesosoma and metasoma with black and yellow markings.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Lao Cai Province, Hoang Lien NP ; 5 Jul. 2013; Hoang V.T. 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 fore wing length 17.2–18.1 mm and antennae with 65–66 flagellomeres, larger than specimens examined by Gauld & Mitchell (1981).

Distribution

Previously known from China and Myanmar ( Yu et al. 2016). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 84. Enicospilus zebrus 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.