Enicospilus glabratus, (Say), 1945

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12. E. glabratus (Say) ( Fig 10a )

[ Ophion glabratus Harris, 1835: 585 . Nomen nudum.]

Ophion glabratus Say, 1836: 239 , Holotype, USA, destroyed.

[ Ophion arctiae Riley & Howard, 1890: 155 . Nomen nudum.]

Eremotylus arctiae Ashmead, 1896: 192 . Lectotype ♀, USA (USNM), designated by Hooker

(1912: 147). [Synonymized by Townes, 1945: 742.] Allocamptus cubitalis Morley, 1912: 25 . Lectotype ♀, Mexico (BMNH), designated by Townes &

Townes (1966: 180). Junior primary homonym of Allocamptus cubitalis Szépligeti, 1906 . [Synonymized by Townes & Townes, 1966: 180.] Eremotylus angulatus Hooker, 1912: 144 . Lectotype ♀, Puerto Rico (PANS), designated by Cres­

son (1928: 12). Eremotylus arctiae Ashmead ; Hooker, 1912: 146. Allocamptus cubitalis Morley ; Hancock, 1926: 170. Eremotylus macrurus angulatus Hooker ; Cresson, 1928: 12. Eremotylus glabratus (Say) Wolcott, 1936: 517 . Eremotylus cubitalis (Morley) Townes, 1945: 742 . Enicospilus glabratus (Say) Townes, 1945: 742 . Eremotylus glabratus Say ; Bruner et al., 1945: 135. Enicospilus angulatus (Hooker) Townes, 1946: 46 . Enicospilus angulatus (Hooker) Wolcott, 1948: 769 . Enicospilus excubitalis Walkley, 1958: 62 . Replacement name for cubitalis Morley.

One of the most widely distributed American species of the genus, ranging from 42º N in the USA to about 32º S in Argentina and Brazil ( Gauld, 1988). In spite of it also is one of the most commonly collected species on the mainland, only 7 specimens have been found in Cuban collections. Bruner et al. (1945) cited the species (as Eremotylus glabratus ) parasitizing Hypercompe albicornis (Grote) ( Lepidoptera : Arctiidae ), and Gauld (1988) list a number of species of Arctiidae and Lymantriidae that are known hosts of this species throughout its geographic range. Very frequently the ichneumonid larva spins its cocoon within the more or less unbroken larval skin of its host. Gauld (1988) assigned this rather aberrant species to the Enicospilus undulatus species­group. It is the only Cuban Enicospilus without sclerites in front wings.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: WC. PR: Finca El Ancón, Viñales , V­1956, Zayas­Alayo (1 ♂, MNHNCu) . CC. SS: Topes de Collantes , Trinidad, II­1996, Light Trap (1 ♀, UCLV) . EC. HG: Batey de Moa, Moa , VI­1954, Zayas­Alayo (1 ♀, MNHNCu) . SC: Cuabitas , Santiago de Cuba, VII­1961, P. Alayo (1 ♀, 1 undetermined sex, IES) . Pico Cuba, Turquino, Guamá , VI­1963, Zayas­Alayo­García (1 ♀, IES) . Playa de Siboney , Santiago de Cuba, no further data (1 ♀, BIOECO) .

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.