Enicospilus purgatus, (Say), 1912

FERNÁNDEZ-TRIANA, JOSÉ L., 2005, The taxonomy and biogeography of Cuban Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Zootaxa 1007 (1), pp. 1-60 : 35-36

15. E. purgatus (Say) ( Fig. 9 & 10s )

Ophion purgatus Say, 1836: 239 . Syntypes, USA (destroyed).

Ophion lateralis Brullé, 1846: 141 . Holotype ♀, USA (MNHN). Synonymized by Hooker, 1912: 79.

Ophion flaviceps Brullé, 1846: 142 . Holotype ♀, Brazil (MNHN). Synonymized by Townes & Townes, 1966: 181.

Ophion volubilis Holmgren, 1868: 410 . Lectotype ♂, Argentina (RNH), designated by Townes & Townes (1966: 181). Synonymized by Townes & Townes, 1966: 181.

[ Ophion merdarius Gravenhorst ; Taschenberg, 1875: 435. Misidentification.]

Henicospilus flaviceps (Brullé) Szépligeti, 1905: 27 .

Henicospilus merdarius var. volubilis (Holmgren) Roman, 1910: 165 .

Enicospilus purgatus (Say) Hooker, 1912: 79 .

Enicospilus flaviceps (Brullé) Hooker, 1912: 85 .

Henicospilus purgatus (Say) Morley, 1912: 33 .

Henicospilus volubilis (Holmgren) Morley, 1912: 34 .

Enicospilus purgatus (Say) ; Townes, 1945: 473.

[ Henicospilus merdarius (Gravenhorst) ; Schrottky, 1913: 130. Misidentification.]

[ Enicospilus merdarius (Gravenhorst) ; Townes & Townes, 1966: 181. Misidentification.]

[ Enicospilus merdarius (Gravenhorst) ; Alayo, 1973: 48. Misidentification.]

[ Enicospilus merdarius (Gravenhorst) ; Carlson, 1979: 703. Misidentification.]

A very widely distributed species from northern Canada throughout USA, the Caribbean, Central America and south to Argentina ( Gauld, 1988). It seems to be most common in disturbed and agricultural areas, where it parasitizes several lepidopteran larvae. In Cuba it has been reported as parasitoid of Heliothis zea (Boddie) and Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) , both of them noctuids ( Bruner et al., 1945).

This is the commonest of the three species in the Enicospilus ramidulus species­group found in the country. It can be differentiated from E. neotropicus by presence of a central sclerite, and from E. cheoi by position of cu­a (see further remarks on the latter species).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: Cuba, 1961, no further data, (1 undetermined sex, IES). WC. PR: Viñales , XII­1961, P. Alayo (1 ♀, IES). IJ: Nueva Gerona, V & VI­1974, M. Leal

(2 ♀, 1 undetermined sex, MNHNCu). Isla de Pinos , no further data, V­1974, M. Leal (1 ♀, 1 undetermined sex, MNHNCu) . LH: Laguna Ariguanabo , Bauta, Habana, III­1961, I. García (1 ♂, IES) ; IV­1962, P. Alayo (1 ♀, MNHNCu) . MT: Central 6 de Agosto, II­1948, L. Scaramuzza (1 ♀, IES) ; V­1983 & VIII­1984, H. Grillo (3 ♀, UCLV) . CC. VC: EPICA Villa Clara , Santa Clara, I & III­1991, IV­1992, Ligth Trap (3 ♂ & 2 ♀, UCLV) . Manacal , Fomento, V­1975, UCLV (1 ♀, UCLV) . Central 10 de Octubre, Ranchuelo, XI­1995, J. Gómez (1 ♂, UCLV) . SS: Cabaiguán , IV­1975, Light Trap (1 ♂, UCLV) . Topes de Collantes , Trinidad, XI­2001, Light Trap (1 ♀, BIOECO) . CA: Ceballos , Ciego de Avila, VIII­ 1973, Light Trap (1 ♂, UCLV) . Central Caraballo , III­1985, J. Gómez (1 ♀, UCLV) . Loma de Cunagua , Bolivia, XII­1975, UCLV (1 undetermined sex, UCLV) . EC. GR: Los Robles , Buey Arriba, IV­1995, J. Fdez (1 ♂, BIOECO) . Peralejo , Bayamo, VII­1996 & VI­2001, Ligth Trap (2 ♀, BIOECO) . Municipio Bayamo , 1992 (1 ♀, BIOECO) . LT: Cocodrilera de Zabalo , Jobabo, III­2003, J. Reyes (1 ♀, BIOECO) .

Figures

FIGURE 9: Enicospilus purgatus (Say) mandibles. Modified from Gauld (1988), with permission of the author.

FIGURE 10: Fore wings of Cuban Enicospilus. a: glabratus (Say), b: carlota Gauld, c: trilineatus (Brullé), d: teremari sp. nov. e: cressoni Hooker, f: neotropicus Hooker, g: guatemalensis (Cameron), h: cubensis (Norton), i: iangauldi sp. nov., j: gallegosi Gauld, k: fernaldi Hooker, l: flavus (Fabricius), m: woldai Gauld, n: sondrae Gauld, o: liesneri Gauld. p: grilloi sp. nov., q: wahli sp. nov., r: cheosi sp. nov., s: purgatus (Say), t: flavoscutellatus (Brullé), u: howdenorum Gauld, v: hansonorum sp. nov.