Published June 12, 2023 | Version v1
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Enicospilus insinuator

  • 1. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • 2. Osaka Museum of Natural History, Nagai Park 1 - 23, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan.
  • 3. Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO, Kannondai 3 - 1 - 3, Tsukuba 305 - 8604, Japan. & Laboratory of Insect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
  • 4. The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 BD, UK.

Description

Enicospilus insinuator (Smith, 1860)

Fig. 40

Ophion insinuator Smith, 1860: 141; holotype ♀ from Moluccas (OUMNH)

Enicospilus insinuator – Townes et al. 1961: 294.

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus weakly convex, ventral margin blunt to subacute; mandible twisted ca 40°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal and distal sclerites present, quadra large; mesoscutum with a median black stripe.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♂; Ha Giang Province, Vi Xuyen, Phong Quang; 22.89996° N, 104.91559° E; 609 m a.s.l.; 26 May 2022; Pham T.N. and Pham V.P. 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 • 1 ♂; Lai Chau Province, Sin Ho, Ta Ngao; 22°16′19″ N, 103°14′54″ E; 1520 m a.s.l.; 1 Jun. 2022; Pham T.N. and Dang T.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR.

Distribution

Previously known Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand (Gauld & Mitchell 1981; Tang 1990; Yu et al. 2016). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-151 in European Journal of Taxonomy 873 (1) on pages 74-76, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.873.2133, http://zenodo.org/record/8038022

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
IEBR , OUMNH
Event date
2022-05-26 , 2022-05-28 , 2022-06-01
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Enicospilus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Smith
Species
insinuator
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2022-05-26 , 2022-05-28 , 2022-06-01
Taxonomic concept label
Enicospilus insinuator (Smith, 1860) sec. Pham, Pham, Matsumoto, Shimizu & Broad, 2023

References

  • Smith F. 1860. Catalogue of Hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo and at Dory in New Guinea. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology) 5: 93 - 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1860. tb 01022. x
  • Townes H. K., Townes M. & Gupta V. K. 1961. A catalogue and reclassification of the Indo-Australian Ichneumonidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 1: 1 - 522.
  • Gauld I. D. & Mitchell P. A. 1981. The Taxonomy, Distribution and Host Preferences of Indo-Papuan Parasitic Wasps of the Subfamily Ophioninae. CAB: Slough / Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, London.
  • Tang Y. Q. 1990. A Monograph of Chinese Enicospilus Stephens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae). Chongqing Publishing House, Chongqing. [In Chinese with English key and new species listing.]
  • Yu D. S., van Achterberg C. & Horstmann K. 2016. Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Database on flash-drive. Taxapad, Ottawa, Ontario.