Enicospilus myricae Broad & Shaw, 2016

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Broad, Gavin R. & Mark R. Shaw. 2016. The British species of Enicospilus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae). European journal of taxonomy(187): 1–31.

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Insecta: order
Hymenoptera: family
Ichneumonidae: genus
Enicospilus: species
Enicospilus myricae

diagnosis

Diagnosis Separated from E. adustus and E. cerebrator by the more rounded temples, wider ocellar-ocular space (especially compared to E. cerebrator), more obvious dorsal “ dip ” on the first tergite and by the distinctly different aedeagus of the male.

etymology

Etymology Named after the association with the distinctive habitat of Myrica gale - dominated bog, from which this species was reared.

materials_examined

Material examined Holotype SCOTLAND: ♀: “ [Scotland] Resipole, Argylls. NM 723645. Orthosia gracilis, Myrica gale coll. 4.7.92, PLE [parasitoid larva erupted] 7.92 em. 7.1993 M. R. Shaw ” (NMS). Paratypes SCOTLAND: 2 ♀♀, same data as holotype (NMS); 1 Ƌ, Resipole, Argyllshire, coll. 4 Jul. 1992 (M. R. Shaw) (NMS); 1 ♀, 5 ƋƋ, Loch Arkaig, Invernesshire NN 0291, Malaise trap in native pinewood, Jun. 1992 (I. MacGowan) (NMS). WALES: 1 ♀, Glamorgan, Kenfig, 30 Jun. 1963 (R. B. Benson) (BMNH). ENGLAND: 1 ♀, Huntingdonshire, Monks Wood NNR, 17 – 29 Jul. 1978 (M. G. Fitton & J. S. Noyes) (BMNH). AUSTRIA: 1 ♀, Burgenland, Leitha Gebirge, 10 – 23 Jun. 1956 (E. W. & I. D. Classey) (BMNH).

Name

Homonyms: Enicospilus myricae Broad & Shaw, 2016

Bibliographic References

Broad, R. & Shaw, R. (2016) The British species of Enicospilus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae)
Forshage (2016) "Hymenoptera update 5, sent as an word document ""hymnyheter 16-5.rtf"" on 2016-11-10."