Enicospilus multidens Chiu, 1954

Shimizu, So, Broad, Gavin R. & Maeto, Kaoru, 2020, Integrative taxonomy and analysis of species richness patterns of nocturnal Darwin wasps of the genus Enicospilus Stephens (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) in Japan, ZooKeys 990, pp. 1-144 : 1

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scientific name	Enicospilus multidens Chiu, 1954
status	stat. rev.

Treatment

Enicospilus multidens Chiu, 1954 stat. rev. Figure 29 View Figure 29

Enicospilus multidens Chiu, 1954: 75; HT ♀ from Japan, TARI, examined; stat. rev.

Specimens examined.

Total of 30 specimens (14♀♀16♂♂): Japan (14♀♀16♂♂).

Type series: HT ♀ of Enicospilus multidens Chiu, 1954, Minoh, Ōsaka, Kinki, JAPAN, 20.VII.1918, N. Tosawa leg. (TARI).

Distribution.

Eastern Palaearctic region ( Chiu 1954; present study); new to the Oriental region; this is a predominantly Eastern Palaearctic species.

JAPAN: [ Hokkaidô]*; [ Tôhoku] Aomori*; [Hokuriku] Niigata*; [ Kantô-Kôshin] Gunma*, Nagano*, Yamanashi*, and Saitama*; [ Tôkai] Shizuoka* and Mie*; [Kinki] Ōsaka ( Chiu 1954; present study) and Hyôgo *; [ Chûgoku] Tottori ( Chiu 1954), Shimane* and Hiroshima*; [Shikoku] Ehime* and Kôchi *; [ Kyûshû] Kumamoto*; [ Ryûkyûs] Kagoshima*. *New records.

Bionomics.

Unknown.

Differential diagnosis.

In some ichneumonid collections, this species has been confused with E. shikokuensis . However, E. multidens stat. rev. can be distinguished from E. shikokuensis by shallow concavity of proximal outer mandibular surface (Fig. 29B, D View Figure 29 ) (proximal outer mandibular surface with very wide subtriangular concavity in E. shikokuensis , as in Fig. 44B, D View Figure 44 ); separated proximal and distal sclerites (Fig. 29F View Figure 29 ) (proximal and distal sclerites usually confluent, as in Figs 7B View Figure 7 , 44F View Figure 44 , or rarely separated, as in Fig. 7A View Figure 7 , in E. shikokuensis ); stouter, shorter, and evenly narrowed mandible (Fig. 29B, D View Figure 29 ) (mandible much longer, slender, proximally strongly narrowed, and apical 0.7 parallel-sided in E. shikokuensis , as in Fig. 44B, D View Figure 44 ); narrower lower face (Fig. 29B View Figure 29 ) (lower face wider in E. shikokuensis , as in Fig. 44B View Figure 44 ), etc.

This species is also similar to E. combustus , and Uchida (1955) synonymised E. multidens stat. rev. under E. combustus . However, they are morphologically easily distinguished by body colour pattern (i.e., body entirely testaceous in E. multidens stat. rev., as in Fig. 29A View Figure 29 , but body with black marks in E. combustus , as in Fig. 13A View Figure 13 ), and DNA barcodes also separate them. Hence, we revise the status of E. multidens stat. rev. as a valid species.