Enicospilus sauteri ( Enderlein, 1921 )

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 : 119-122

Enicospilus sauteri ( Enderlein, 1921)

Fig. 69

Henicospilus sauteri Enderlein, 1921: 84 ; holotype ♀ from Taiwan ( IZPAN).

Enicospilus sauteri – Chiu 1954: 56.

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus moderately convex, ventral margin impressed, acute; mandible twisted ca 20°, outer surface with a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites, central sclerite linear, positioned in centrodistal area of fenestra, marginal cell glabrous proximally; posterior metasomal tergites black.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 2 ♂♂; Lao Cai Province, Sapa ; 25 May 1997; R. Matsumoto leg.; OMNH • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 4 Jul. 2013; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Ninh Binh Province, Cuc Phuong NP ; 360 m a.s.l.; 27 Apr. 1998; Y. Yoshiyasu leg.; OMNH • 1 ♀; Son La Province, Thuan Chau, Co Ma ; 1200 m a.s.l.; 4 Jun. 2008; Le X.H. leg.; hand net; IEBR • 1 ♂; Gia Lai Province, Kon Ka Kinh NP ; 8 Jun. 2011; Nguyen Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Ninh Binh Province, Trang An Landscape Complex, Nham cave ; 20°12′54″ N, 105°53′58″ E; 20 m a.s.l.; 15 Jun. 2018, Pham T.N. and Nguyen H.N. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Phia Oac - Phia Den NP ; 22°35.305′ N, 105°52.552′ E; 1216 m a.s.l.; 24 May 2020; Hoang V.T. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; 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 .

Remarks

In comparison with specimens examined by Gauld & Mitchell (1981), Vietnamese specimens have antennae with 55–67 flagellomeres (vs 60), fore wing length 12.0– 15.1 mm (vs 14.0–15.0 mm) and SDI = 1.19–1.37 (vs 1.41–1.52).

Distribution

Previously known from China (including Taiwan), Japan, Korea, Laos, and Philippines ( Yu et al. 2016; Shimuzu & Konishi 2018). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 69. Enicospilus sauteri (Enderlein, 1921), ♂ (OMNH). 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.