Enicospilus erythrocerus
Creators: name: Pham, Nhi Thi
name: Pham, Phu Van
name: Matsumoto, Rikio
name: Shimizu, So
name: Broad, Gavin R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Enicospilus
Enicospilus erythrocerus

description: Enicospilus erythrocerus (Cameron, 1905)
Fig. 24
Pleuconeurophion erythrocerus Cameron, 1905a: 121; holotype ♀ from Sri Lanka (NHMUK).
Allocamptus orientalis Uchida, 1928: 230; lectotype ♀ from Okinawa, designated by Gauld & Mitchell 1981: 175 (SEHU), examined; synonymised by Townes et al. 1961: 275; junior secondary homonym of Enicospilus orientalis (Morley, 1913).
Enicospilus hirayamai Uchida, 1955: 120; replacement name for Enicospilus orientalis (Uchida, 1928).
Enicospilus erythrocerus – Townes et al. 1961: 277.
Diagnosis
Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus flat to weakly convex, ventral margin subacute to blunt; mandible short, twisted ca 80°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra without any sclerites, vein 2r&RS sinuous.
Material examined
VIETNAM • 1 ♂; Thai Nguyen Province, Dai Tu, Cat Ne; 25–30 Sep. 2007; Khuat D.L. leg; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 15–20 Nov. 2007; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 5–10 Dec. 2007; Malaise trap; IEBR • 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Phu Tho Province, Xuan Son, Xuan Dai; 5–10Apr. 2009; Khuat D.L. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 10–15 May 2009; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 15–20 Jul. 2009; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20–25 Jul. 2009; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 1–5 Aug. 2009; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Bac Giang Province, Tay Yen Tu NR; 3–5 Jul 2010; Pham T.N. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao NP; 21°26.5′ N, 105°37′ E; 400 m a.s.l.; emerged from an Arctiid larva on 25 May 2013; Dang T.H. leg.; IEBR • 1 ♀; Nghe An Province, Khe Choang; 18°57′20.7″ N, 104°41′1.4″ E; 192 m a.s.l.; 8 May 2017; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Vinh Phuc Province, Me Linh Station for Biodiversity; Jun.–Jul. 2018; Pham H.P. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; same locality as for preceding; 10 May 2020; Tran D.D. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 20 May 2020; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Hoa Binh Province, Luong Son, Thanh Lap; 25 Feb.–5 Mar. 2019; Nguyen D.H. leg.; Malaise 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.
Remarks
Vietnamese specimens have mandible torsion ca 80°, more strongly twisted than the specimens examined by Gauld & Mitchell (1981) (40°–45°). One specimen from Tam Dao NP, Vinh Phuc Province was reared from an unidentified arctiine caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) (Fig. 25).
Distribution
Previously known from Brunei, China (including Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam (Yu et al. 2016; Pham & Khuat 2016).
description: 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 51-53, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.873.2133, http://zenodo.org/record/8038022