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

16. E. carlota Gauld ( Fig. 10b)

E. carlota Gauld, 1988: 185 . 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 (only known from Dominican Republic) is that males present sternites 5–9 bearing long semierect pubescence (7–9 in E. dajaboni ).

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) .