Integrative taxonomy and analysis of species richness patterns of nocturnal Darwin wasps of the genus Enicospilus Stephens (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) in Japan
Author
Shimizu, So
Laboratory of Insect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodaicho 1 - 1, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo 657 - 8501, Japan & DC and Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan & Depertment of Life Sciences, the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5202-4552
parasitoidwasp.sou@gmail.com
Author
Broad, Gavin R.
Depertment of Life Sciences, the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7223-5333
Author
Maeto, Kaoru
Laboratory of Insect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodaicho 1 - 1, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo 657 - 8501, Japan
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.990.55542
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Enicospilus dasychirae Cameron, 1905
Figure 15
Eniscospilus
(sic)
dasychirae
Cameron, 1905a: 123; HT ♀ from Sri Lanka, NHMUK, examined.
Eniscospilus
(sic)
horsfieldi
Cameron, 1905a: 124; HT ♀ from Sri Lanka, NHMUK, examined; synonymised by
Townes et al. (1961
: 273).
Henicospilus borneensis
Szepligeti
, 1906: 138; HT ♀ from Borneo, TM, not examined; synonymised by
Townes et al. (1961
: 273).
Enicospilus nigrimarginalis
Cushman, 1937: 311; HT ♂ from Taiwan, DEI, not examined; synonymised by
Townes et al. (1961
: 274).
Specimens examined.
Total of 49 specimens (44♀♀5♂♂): Japan (8♀♀3♂♂), Sri Lanka (2♀♀), Taiwan (34♀♀2♂♂).
Type series: HT ♀ of
Eniscospilus
(sic)
dasychirae
Cameron, 1905, Pundaluoya, SRI LANKA, I.1899, P. Cameron leg. (NHMUK, Type 3b.1267); HT ♀ of
Eniscospilus
(sic)
horsfieldi
Cameron, 1905, Peradeniya, SRI LANKA, IX.1902, P. Cameron leg. (NHMUK, Type 3b.1265).
Distribution.
Australasian, Eastern Palaearctic, and Oriental regions (
Yu et al. 2016
); this is a predominantly Oriental species.
JAPAN: [
Ryukyus
] Okinawa (
Chiu 1954
;
Gauld and Mitchell 1981
; present study). Though this species is widely distributed in Southeast Asia, it is restricted to Okinawa in Japan.
Bionomics.
Recorded as a parasitoid of several species of
Erebidae
(subfamily
Lymantriinae
) (
Gauld and Mitchell 1981
;
Chiu et al. 1984
;
Chen et al. 2009
) and
Noctuidae
(
Tang 1990
), although there are no host records from Japan.
Differential diagnosis.
This species is readily distinguishable from all other
Enicospilus
species by the unique small drop-shaped and isolated proximal sclerite of fore wing fenestra, as in Fig.
15F
.
Figure 15.
Enicospilus dasychirae
Cameron, 1905 ♀ from Japan
A
habitus
B
head, frontal view
C
head, dorsal view
D
head, lateral view
E
mesosoma, lateral view
F
central part of fore wing.