Enicospilus dispilus, (Szepligeti), Hooker, 1912

FERNÁNDEZ-TRIANA, JOSÉ L., 2005, The taxonomy and biogeography of Cuban Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Zootaxa 1007 (1), pp. 1-60 : 39-40

20. E. dispilus (Szépligeti) ( Fig. 11 )

Ophion (Enicospilus) [ sic] arcuatum Felt, 1902: 307. Syntypes ♂, ♀, USA (Albany). [Junior pri­

mary homonym of Ophion arcuatus Brullé, 1846 .] Henicospilus dispilus Szépligeti, 1906: 145 . Holotype ♀, Brazil (TM). Enicospilus fuscipennis flavostigma Hooker, 1912: 1958 . Holotype ♀, French Guiana (USNM)

[Synoymized by Gauld, 1988: 296.] Enicospilus purgatus arcuatus (Felt) Hooker, 1912: 76 . Enicospilus dispilus (Szépligeti) Hooker, 1912: 87 . Enicospilus arcuatus (Felt) Wolcott, 1923: 65 .

Enicospilus falvostigma Hooker ; Townes & Townes, 1966: 178.

Present paper records E. dispilus for first time to the country but according to previously known distribution from Canada to South America ( Gauld, 1988), it was otherwise expected. Three new species described below ( grilloi , hansonorum and wahli ) are rather similar to E. dispilus , but they differ in a number of critical characteristics outlined in Table 3. In fact the new species can be separated from each other rather easily; the problem arises with E. dispilus , one of the most extraordinarily variable species of the genus ( Gauld, 1988). Careful observation of the fore wing figures ( Fig. 11 ) as well as some calculation of the indexes provided in Table 3 can be required in order to accomplish sure determinations.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: CC. SS: Topes de Collantes , Trinidad, XI­2001, Light Trap, J. Fernández (1 ♀, BIOECO). EC. SC: Jardín Botánico, Santiago de Cuba, VIII­ 1996, Light Trap, E. Portuondo (1 ♂, BIOECO) .

Figures

FIGURE 11: Fore wings of Enicospilus dispilus (Szépligéti) showing different patterns. Modified from Gauld (1988), with permission of the author.