Enicospilus kakanicus Shimizu sp. nov. Figs 2F, 13

Etymology.

The specific name is derived from the type locality, Kakani, Nepal.

Material examined.

1♂: Nepal .

Type series: holotype ♂, Kakani (2,000 m), Nepal, VIII.1982, M.G. Allen leg. (LT) (NHMUK) (Figs 2F, 13) .

Distribution.

Nepal.

Description.

Male (Holotype) (Fig. 13). Body length ca 24.0 mm.

Head with GOI = 2.8 (Fig. 13C). Lower face 0.7 × as wide as high, moderately punctate with setae, strongly shiny (Fig. 13B). Clypeus 1.5 × as wide as high, moderately punctate with setae, moderately convex in profile, and its lower margin impressed (Fig. 13B, C). Malar space 0.4 × as long as basal mandibular width (Fig. 13B, C). Mandible moderately twisted by ca 30°, moderately long, more or less evenly tapered, its outer surface with a diagonal setose groove between its dorsoproximal corner to base of mandibular apical teeth (Fig. 13B, C). Upper mandibular tooth 2.0 × as long as lower one (Fig. 13B). Frons, vertex and gena strongly shiny with fine setae (Fig. 13B-D). Posterior ocellus close to eye (Fig. 13B-D). Ventral end of occipital carina joining oral carina. Antenna with 73 flagellomeres; first flagellomere 1.7 × as long as second; 20th flagellomere 2.8 × as long as wide.

Mesosoma entirely moderately to strongly shiny with setae (Fig. 13E). Pronotum punctate with wrinkles centrally. Mesoscutum 1.4 × as long as its maximum width, finely punctate with setae, and evenly rounded in lateral profile (Fig. 13E). Notauli absent (Fig. 13E). Scutellum moderately convex, finely punctate with setae, with lateral longitudinal carinae reaching anterior 0.6 (Fig. 2F). Epicnemium densely punctate. Epicnemial carina strongly present, evenly and moderately curved to anterior, its dorsal end reaching anterior margin of mesopleuron (Fig. 13E). Mesopleuron entirely punctate with longitudinal wrinkles or striae (Fig. 13E). Submetapleural carina almost parallel sided (Fig. 13E). Metapleuron entirely finely punctate with setae (Fig. 13E). Propodeum weakly evenly rounded in profile; anterior transverse carina complete; anterior area longitudinally striate; spiracular area finely punctate with setae; posterior area moderately longitudinally strigose centrally and irregularly wrinkled to reticulate laterally; propodeal spiracle elliptical, its outer margin not joining pleural carina by a ridge (Fig. 13E).

Wings. Fore wing length ca 17.0 mm with AI = 0.4, CI = 0.4, DI = 0.3, ICI = 0.5, SDI = 1.4, SI = 0.1, SRI = 0.3; vein 1m-cu&M almost evenly curved; vein 2r&RS straight and RS evenly curved; fenestra and sclerites of discosubmarginal cell as in Figure 13F; proximal sclerite triangular, confluent with distal sclerite, strongly pigmented; central sclerite absent; distal sclerite more or less entirely present from base to apex, weakly to moderately pigmented; proximal corner of marginal cell evenly setose; posterodistal corner of second discal cell ca 95°; posterodistal corner of subbasal cell ca 95°; vein 1cu-a antefurcal to M&RS by 0.2 × 1cu-a length (Fig. 13F). Hind wing with NI = 1.8, RI = 1.8; vein RS straight; vein RA with six uniform hamuli.

Legs. Outer surface of fore tibia with scattered spines. Hind leg with coxa in profile 1.9 × as long as deep; basitarsus 2.0 × as long as second tarsomere; fourth tarsomere 0.6 × as long as third tarsomere and 4.2 × as long as wide; tarsal claw simply pectinate.

Metasoma with PI = 3.8, DMI = 1.2, THI = 3.6; dorsal margin of tergite 1 not sinuous; thyridium elongate (Fig. 13A).

Colour (Fig. 13). Entirely testaceous except for apex of mandible black. Wings hyaline; sclerites of fenestra and veins testaceous.

Variation. Unknown.

Female. Unknown.

Differential diagnosis.

Enicospilus kakanicus sp. nov. is similar to and can be confused with E. longitarsis Tang, 1990, E. tangi sp. nov., and E. yonezawanus (Uchida, 1928). These species all belong to the E. ramidulus complex and share the following characters: outer surface of mandible with a diagonal setose deep groove between its dorsoproximal corner and base of mandibular apical teeth (e.g. Fig. 2B, D), fore wing fenestra without central sclerite (e.g. Figs 13F, 25F, 27F), and proximal sclerite triangular (e.g. Figs 13F, 25F, 27F). Enicospilus kakanicus sp. nov. is distinguished from the above species by the rather short lateral longitudinal carinae of the scutellum, i.e. reaching the anterior 0.6 of the scutellum in E. kakanicus sp. nov., as in Figure 2F, but almost always reaching the posterior end of the scutellum in E. longitarsis Tang, 1990, E. tangi sp. nov., and E. yonezawanus, as in, e.g., Figure 2H, and also by the characters used in the above key, such as width of lower face, mandibular shape and length, and surface sculptures of metapleuron.