Enicospilus rufus ( Brullé, 1846 ), Brulle, 1846

Rousse, Pascal & Villemant, Claire, 2012, Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species, Zootaxa 3278, pp. 1-57 : 38-39

Enicospilus rufus ( Brullé, 1846)

( Figs 5 d and 15i)

Amesosopilus insidiosus Enderlein, 1921: 20 ; Enicospilus lomelaensis Cameron, 1912b: 388 ; Ophion rufus Brullé, 1846: 149 ; Ophion longescutellatus Kriechbaumer, 1894b: 308

Diagnosis. This species can be separated from others without a central sclerite in Reunion by the presence of a distinctly sclerozited distal sclerite.

Description. Gauld & Mitchell (1978).

Host records. Ctenoplusia limbirena and Trigonodes hyppasia ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ).

Distribution records. Reunion. Widely distributed throughout subsaharan Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles and Mascarene Archipelago.

Material examined. 13 Bras Panon / La Caroline, alt. 130m, XII.2010, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ St Philippe / Basse Vallée, alt. 490m, XI.2010, leg. P. Rousse (light trap); 1Ƥ Etang Salé, alt. 50m, VI.2008, leg. P. Rousse (light trap); 1Ƥ La Possession / Grande Chaloupe, IV.2009, leg. IDR (light trap); 1Ƥ Petite Ile / Piton Bloc, XI.2009, leg. IDR (light trap); 13 Trois Bassins, alt. 750m, XI.2008, leg. IDR (light trap); 1Ƥ St Paul / Le Guillaume, IV.2003, leg. IDR (light trap); 1Ƥ ( MHNSD 3127) La Possession / Grande Chaloupe, III.2002, leg. Parnaudeau; 1Ƥ ( MHNSD 2806) St Leu / Petite ravine, date of collection unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Morphological details. a: Dusona sp., head, face. b: Tryphoninae, head, face. c: Metopiinae, head, face. d: Enicospilus rufus, head, profile. e: Enicospilus dubius, head, profile. f-h Enicospilus spp. left mandible details (f: E. ruscus; g: E. helvolus; h: E. dubius). i: Hyposoter sp., left mandible detail. j: Cremastinae, apex of hind tibia, hind ventral view. k-n Campopleginae spp., right wing details (k: Eriborus sp.; l: Enytus sp.; m: Diadegma sp.; n: Dusona sp.). o-p: Tersilochinae spp., right wing detail (o: Diaparsis sp.; p: Aneuclis sp.). q: Campopleginae, head and prothorax, profile. r: Cryptinae, head and mesosoma, profile. s: Diplazontinae, metasomal tergite I, dorsal. t: Banchinae, apex of mesosoma and metasomal tergites I – II, profile. u: Hyposoter, metasomal tergite I, profile. v – w: Cremastinae spp. metasomal tergite I, ventral (v: Trathala sp.; w: Temelucha sp.). x – y: Cryptinae spp., head and mesosoma, ventral (x: Paraphylax sp.; y: Diatora sp.) (adapted after Townes 1970, 1971; Gauld & Mitchell 1978; Gauld 1991; Wahl & Sharkey 1993).