Enicospilus carlota, Gauld, 1988

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

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scientific name	Enicospilus carlota
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16. E. carlota Gauld View in CoL ( Fig. 10b View FIGURE 10 )

E. carlota Gauld, 1988: 185 View in CoL . Holotype ♀, Cuba (USNM).

Gauld (1988) described the species based on a single female from Central Cuba. Revision of material housed in Cuban collections have shown that species is distributed across the all island, and from about the sea level up to over 1200 m.a.s.l. Males are quite similar to females in coloration. The series I was able to study showed some colour differences regarding Gauld original description, either in the interocellar area (brown instead of black) and the metasoma (rather orangebrown with tips dark in some specimens). On the other hand the species is rather uniform. An aditional character to separate this species of its close sisterspecies pair Enicospilus dajaboni Gauld View in CoL (only known from Dominican Republic) is that males present sternites 5–9 bearing long semierect pubescence (7–9 in E. dajaboni View in CoL ).

MATERIAL EXAMINED: WC. PR: Soroa , Candelaria, III1963, AlayoGarcía (1 ♀, IES) . Pinar del Río , XII1987, L. Hernández (1 ♀, IES) . LH: Jibacoa , Santa Cruz del Norte, II1963, I. García (1 ♂, IES) . Outside of Cueva del Indio, Tapaste , San José de las Lajas, III1996, no further data (1 ♀, MNHNCu) . CC. VC: Sumidero , Jibacoa, Manicaragua, III2003, Malaise Trap (1 ♀, CESAM) . SS: Finca Itabo , Topes de Collantes, Trinidad, VIII1995, H. Grillo (1 ♀, UCLV) . Topes de Collantes , Trinidad, V1996, J. Fernández (1 ♀, BIOECO) ; and V1996, Light Trap (1 ♂, UCLV) . EC. SC: Gran Piedra , Santiago de Cuba, V1955, ZayasAlayo (1 ♀, IES) ; and VI1962, P. Alayo (1 ♂, IES) . El Olimpo, Gran Piedra , Santiago de Cuba, VI1955, ZayasAlayo (1 ♀, IES) . Loma del Gato , Guamá, VI1952, P. Alayo (1 ♀, MNHNCu) .

References

Gauld, I. (1988) A survey of the Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of tropical Mesoamerica with special reference to the fauna of Costa Rica. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 57, 1 - 309.

Figures

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.