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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Enicospilus » Enicospilus flavostigma
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Ichneumon Wasp - Enicospilus flavostigma - female
Copyright © 2011 Seth Patterson

Ichneumon Wasp - Enicospilus flavostigma - Female
Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Cameron County, Texas, USA
October 21, 2011
Another species brought in to my black light out at Sabal Palm Sanctuary. Thank you for your help!
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Contributed by Seth Patterson on 18 November, 2011 - 1:10pm
Last updated 25 January, 2019 - 12:14pm

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Moved from Enicospilus.
… John F. Carr, 25 January, 2019 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

Enicospilus flavostigma
This species is highly variable in appearance, especially with the alar sclerites. The proximal sclerite is always near triangular and the discal sclerite, if present, is confluent with it's distal corner.

However, the most common form (which you have here) is to have a long fenestra with the distal sclerite extending around two-thirds of its periphery, with the central sclerite to be near D-shaped and positioned closer to the distal margin of the fenestra that it is to it's proximal sclerite.

Great find! I hope you saved the specimen haha
… Rachel Behm, 25 January, 2019 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

 
I used the description from "
I used the description from "A survey of the Ophioninae of tropical Mesoamerica with special reference to the fauna of Costa Rica" by Ian Gauld 1988 though he had it listed as E. dispilus.
… Rachel Behm, 25 January, 2019 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

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Superb photo!

Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 18 November, 2011 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

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