Published June 12, 2023 | Version v1
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Enicospilus hedilis Gauld & Mitchell 1981

  • 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 hedilis Gauld & Mitchell, 1981

Fig. 37

Enicospilus hedilis Gauld & Mitchell, 1981: 301; holotype ♀ from Indonesia (RMNH).

Diagnosis

Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus more or less flat, ventral margin subacute; mandible twisted ca 30°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal and distal sclerites, both weak and elongate, vein 2r&RS relatively straight, CI more than 0.5, marginal cell with glabrous area proximally.

Material examined

VIETNAM • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Cao Bang Province, Phia Oac - Phia Den NP; 22°35′18.2″ N, 105°52′33.2″ E; 1200 m a.s.l.; 22 May 2020; Hoang V.T. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR.

Distribution

Previously known from China, India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka (Gauld & Mitchell 1981; 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 69-70, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.873.2133, http://zenodo.org/record/8038022

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
IEBR , RMNH
Event date
2020-05-22
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Enicospilus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Gauld & Mitchell
Species
hedilis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2020-05-22
Taxonomic concept label
Enicospilus hedilis Gauld, 1981 sec. Pham, Pham, Matsumoto, Shimizu & Broad, 2023

References

  • 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.
  • Yu D. S., van Achterberg C. & Horstmann K. 2016. Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Database on flash-drive. Taxapad, Ottawa, Ontario.