Enicospilus bharatensis Nikam, 1980

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 : 28-30

Enicospilus bharatensis Nikam, 1980

Fig. 12

Enicospilus indicus Rao & Nikam, 1969: 14 ; holotype ♀ from India ( MUC) ; junior primary homonym of Enicospilus indica Rao & Grover, 1960 .

Enicospilus bharatensis Nikam, 1980: 182 . [Replacement name for E. indicus Rao & Nikam, 1969 .]

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus convex, ventral margin subblunt; mandible twisted ca 30°, outer surface with a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites present, central sclerite moderately small, more or less circular; metapleuron densely punctate to puncto-striate.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♂; Vinh Phuc Province, Me Linh Station for Biodiversity ; 10 May 2021; Tran D.D. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Hoa Binh Province, Mai Chau, Bao La ; 20.7046° N, 104.9720° E; 830 m a.s.l.; 3 Jul. 2022; Phan Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

China, India, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu, and Vietnam ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981; Yu et al. 2016).

Figures

Fig. 12. Enicospilus bharatensis Nikam, 1980, ♂ (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.