Enicospilus adustus (Haller, 1885)

Broad, Gavin R., 2016, Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae, Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 9042-9042 : 9042

Enicospilus adustus (Haller, 1885)

Ophion adustus Haller, 1885

merdarius misident.

Distribution

England, Scotland, Ireland

Notes

Enicospilus ‘merdarius’ auctt. has now been split into three species, none of which is actually merdarius ( Broad and Shaw 2016); E. merdarius was regarded as a synonym of E. ramidulus by Gauld (1973) and listed as such in Fitton (1978) but regarded by most recent authors as a valid species, which is borne out by the lack of intermediate specimens and differences in distribution ( Broad and Shaw 2016) (allowing for the fact that the name merdarius was misappplied).