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
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parasitoidwasp.sou@gmail.com
Author
Broad, Gavin R.
Depertment of Life Sciences, the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
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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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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.990.55542
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Enicospilus vestigator (Smith, 1858)
Figure 51
Ophion vestigator
Smith, 1858: 122; HT ♂ from Malaysia, OUMNH, not examined.
Eniscospilus
(sic)
unilineatus
Cameron, 1905a: 123; HT ♂ from Sri Lanka, NHMUK, examined; synonymised by
Gauld and Mitchell (1981
: 471).
Henicospilus xantusi
Szepligeti
, 1906: 138; HT ♀ from Borneo, TM, not examined; synonymised by
Gauld and Mitchell (1981
: 471).
Enicospilus receptor
Chiu, 1954: 40; HT ♀ from Taiwan, TARI, examined; synonymised by
Townes et al. (1961
: 293).
Enicospilus glabrifascies
Chiu, 1954: 40; HT ♂ from Taiwan, TARI, examined; synonymised by
Gauld and Mitchell (1981
: 471).
Enicospilus (Polycorniata) carinatus
Rao and Nikam, 1971: 103; HT ♀ from India, MUC, not examined; synonymised by
Gauld and Mitchell (1981
: 472).
Specimens examined.
Total of 23 specimens (19♀♀4♂♂): Brunei (2♀♀), India (11♀♀1♂), Japan (5♀♀1♂), Sri Lanka (1♂), Taiwan (1♀1♂).
Type series: HT ♂ of
Eniscospilus
(sic)
unilineatus
Cameron, 1905, Peradeniya, Ceylon, SRI LANKA, P. Cameron leg. (NHMUK, Type 3b.1237); HT ♀ of
Enicospilus receptor
Chiu, 1954, Koshun, TAIWAN, 27.XI.1923, R. Takahashi leg. (TARI); HT ♂ of
Enicospilus glabrifascies
Chiu, 1954, Kuraru, TAIWAN, 1.VIII.1931, T. Shiraki leg. (TARI).
Distribution.
Australasian, Oceanic, and Oriental regions (
Yu et al. 2016
); new to the Eastern Palaearctic region.
Newly recorded from Japan.
JAPAN: [
Kyushu
] Nagasaki; [
Ryukyus
] Okinawa.
Bionomics.
Unknown.
Differential diagnosis.
This species resembles
E. laqueatus
,
E. pseudantennatus
and
E. tripartitus
, which all have similar sclerites, but can be distinguished from
E. laqueatus
by the smooth outer mandibular surface (Fig.
51B
) (outer mandibular surface with a diagonal setose groove in
E. laqueatus
, as in Fig.
24B
); from
E. pseudantennatus
by the strongly twisted mandible (i.e., twisted by 60-80°, as in Fig.
51B, D
, but 10-20° in
E. pseudantennatus
) and elongate discosubmarginal cell (Fig.
51F
) (rather short in
E. pseudantennatus
); and from
E. tripartitus
by the strongly twisted and smooth mandible (Fig.
51B, D
) (mandible rather weakly twisted and outer surface with dense and stout setae and punctures in
E. tripartitus
, as in Fig.
49B, D
) and elongate discosubmarginal cell (Fig.
51F
) (rather short in
E. tripartitus
, as in Fig.
49F
), as summarised in Table
6
.
Remarks.
Although Japanese specimens do not vary significantly, some wing characters of the holotype of
E. unilineatus
are different from other specimens, as
Gauld and Mitchell (1981
: 472) mentioned.
Figure 51.
Enicospilus vestigator
(Smith, 1858) ♀ 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.