Enicospilus biharensis Townes, Townes & Gupta 1961
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 biharensis

description: Enicospilus biharensis Townes, Townes & Gupta, 1961
Fig. 14
Henicospilus horsfieldi var. glabratus Morley, 1913: 395; holotype ♀ from India (NHMUK); junior secondary homonym of Enicospilus glabratus (Say).
Enicospilus biharensis – Townes et al. 1961: 271. [Replacement name for H. horsfieldi var. glabratus Morley.]
Diagnosis
Interocellar area reddish brown; clypeus flat to weakly convex, ventral margin blunt to subacute; mandible twisted 40–60°, outer surface without a diagonal setose groove; fore wing fenestra with proximal and distal sclerites present, weak and elongate, CI less than 0.5, AI = 0.5–0.7.
Material examined
VIETNAM • 1 ♀; Hanoi, Thach That, Tan Xa; 10–20 Mar. 2002; Khuat D.L. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Hoa Binh Province, Yen Thuy, Lac Thinh; 10–20 May 2002; Khuat D.L. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 1–10 Aug. 2002; IEBR • 1 ♂; Nghe An Province, Con Cuong, Kem waterfall; 300 m a.s.l.; 25 Apr. 2006; Le X.H. leg.; hand net; IEBR • 1 ♀; Thai Nguyen Province, Dai Tu, Cat Ne; 15–20 Nov. 2007; Khuat D.L. leg.; Malaise trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Gia Lai Province, Kon Ka Kinh NP; 8 Jun. 2011; Nguyen Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Gia Lai Province, Kbong, Kon Pne; 15 Jul. 2012; Ta H.T. and Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Ninh Thuan Province, Phuoc Binh NP; 26 Jul. 2014; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Ninh Thuan Province, Nui Chua NP; 5 Aug. 2014; Hoang V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 2 ♀♀; Kon Tum Province, Chu Mom Ray NP; Feb. 2015; Hoang T.P. leg.; UV light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; same locality as for preceding; 23 Apr. 2022; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Son La Province, Thuan Chau, Chieng Bom; 3 Sep. 2016; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Son La Province, Thuan Chau, Co Ma; 5 Sep. 2016; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Tuyen Quang Province, Lam Binh, Na Tong; 22°29.735′ N, 105°19.308′ E; 174 m a.s.l.; 20 Sep. 2017; Pham T.N. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 4 ♀♀, 5 ♂♂; Kon Tum Province, Ngoc Linh, Xop; 15°07′0.5″ N, 107°48′5.9″ E; 940 m a.s.l.; 10 Mar. 2019; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 2 ♀♀; Gia Lai Province, Kon Chu Rang NP; 27 May 2019; Nguyen V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Gia Lai Province, Kon Ka Kinh NP; 15°25′37″ N, 108°7′5.5″ E; 221 m a.s.l.; 15 Mar. 2019; Nguyen D.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 16 Mar. 2019; IEBR • 1 ♀; Kon Tum Province, Mang Den, Mang Canh; 5 Jun. 2019; Nguyen V.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 6 Jun. 2019; IEBR • 1 ♂; Quang Nam Province, Tay Giang, TrʼHy; 15°48′59″ N, 107°22′23″ E; 1210 m a.s.l.; 24 Jul. 2019; Phan Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Cao Bang Province, Phia Oac - Phia Den NP; 22°35.305′ N, 105°52.552′ E; 1216 m a.s.l.; 24 May 2020; Hoang V.T. and Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 2 ♀♀; Lam Dong Province, Cat Tien, Dong Nai Thuong; 11.725922° N, 107.4789° E; 505 m a.s.l.; 22 Apr. 2021; Phan Q.T. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♂; Lam Dong Province, Bidoup - Nui Ba NP; 25 Apr. 2022; Nguyen D.H. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Ninh Binh Province, Cuc Phuong NP; 8 Jun. 2022; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR • 1 ♀; Dien Bien Province, Muong Nhe; 22.38560° N, 102.23854° E; 750 m a.s.l.; 25 Jun. 2022; Pham V.P. leg.; light trap; IEBR.
Remarks
Vietnamese specimens have the fore wing length from 9.0–15.0 mm, shorter than the specimens examined by Gauld & Mitchell (1981) (12.0–17.0 mm).
Distribution
Previously known from China (including Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lank, and Thailand (Yu et al. 2016). These are the first records of this species from Vietnam.
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 32-34, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.873.2133, http://zenodo.org/record/8038022