Enicospilus rhetus 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 : 115-116

Enicospilus rhetus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981

Fig. 66

Enicospilus rhetus Gauld & Mitchell, 1981: 460 ; holotype ♀ from Philippines ( ZMUC).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin subblunt; mandible twisted 40°–50°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal, central and distal sclerites, central sclerite moderately large, circular to oval, basal and discosubmarginal cells with short and sparse setae, marginal cell glabrous proximally, vein 2r&RS with posterior bulb.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Kien Giang Province, Hon Chong ; 19 Jun. 2005; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Thua Thien-Hue Province, Bach Ma NP ; 400 m a.s.l.; 13 Aug. 2005; Truong X.L. leg.; hand net; IEBR • 1 ♀; Ninh Thuan Province, Phuoc Binh NP ; 26 Jul. 2014; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR .

Distribution

Previously known from India, Philippines, and Thailand ( Gauld & Mitchell 1981). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Figures

Fig. 66. Enicospilus rhetus 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.