Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 701 



Genus ENICOSPILUS Stephens 



Enicospilus Stephens, 1829. System. Cat. Brit. Ins., p. 352. Nomen nudum. 

 Enicospilus Stephens, 1835. lUus. Brit. Ent., v. 7, p. 126. 



Type-species: Enicospilus merdarius Stephens. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Stephens, 1845. E. merdarius Stephens is preocc. in Enicospilus by 

 merdarius (Gravenhorst); merdarius Stephens is a synonym of Enicospilus 

 ramidulus (Linnaeus) (n. syn.). The details of the excellent discussion by Hooker 

 (1912) appear to be correct except that Stephens (1845) did not cite any author 

 for the name Enicospilus merdarius, and Stephens (1846) indicated that the 

 figure to which the combination Enicospilus rnerdarius referred was E. 

 combustus (Gravenhorst), presently a synonym of E. ramidulus (Linnaeus), and 

 he distinguished E. combustus from E. merdarius (Gravenhorst). 

 Henicospilus Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool., Index Univ., p. 138. Emend. 

 Allocamptus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 150. 



Type-species: Ophion undulatus Gravenhorst. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Thomson, 1888. 

 Ophion subg. Dispilus Kriechbaumer, 1894. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 39: 309. 



Type-species: Ophion (Dispilus) nataleiisis Kriechbaumer. Monotypic. 

 Pleuroneurophion Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 23: 86. 



Type-species: Pleuroneurophion hawaiiensis Ashmead. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Cymatoneura Kriechbaumer, 1901 (Jan.). Ztschr. System. Hym. Dipt. 1 (1): 22. 



Type-species: Ophion undulatus Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1912 from four 

 species included by Kriechbaumer, 1901 (Mar.). 

 Pterospilus Kriechbaumer, 1901. Ztschr. System. Hym. Dipt. 1 (3): 156. Preocc. by 

 Rondani, 1856. 



Type-species: Ophion {Enicospilus) dubius Tosquinet. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Trispilus Kriechbaumer, 1901. Ztschr. System. Hym. Dipt. 1 (3): 156. 



Type-species: Ophion (Enicospilus) trimaculatus Tosquinet. Monotypic. 

 Abanchogastra Perkins, 1902. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 50: 141. 

 Type-species: Abanchogastra debilus Perkins. Monotypic. 

 Metophion Szepligeti, 1905. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 34, p. 28. 



Type-species: Metophion bicolor Szepligeti. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Ceratospilus Szepligeti, 1905. hi Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 34, p. 28. 



Type-species: Ceratospilus biroi Szepligeti. Monotypic. 

 Atoponeura Szepligeti, 1905. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 34, p. 34. 



Type-species: Atoponeura concolor Szepligeti. Monotypic. The type-species is a 

 synonym of E. atoponeurus Cushman. 

 Ophiomorpha Szepligeti, 1905. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 34, p. 34. Preocc. by Nilsson, 

 1836. 



Type-species: Ophion curvinervis Cameron. Desig. by Hooker, 1912. The 

 type-species is a synonym of E. cameronii (Dalla Torre). 

 Cryptocamptus Brethes, 1909. Buenos Aires, Mus. Nac. de Hist. Nat., An. 19: 230. This 

 name was proposed as a "new name" for Allocamptus "Thomson," which, according to 

 present rules of nomenclature, Brethes incorrectly regarded as being a misidentification 

 of Allocamptus Foerster. 



Type-species: Ophion undulatus Gravenhorst. Monotypic. 

 A7nesospilus Enderlein, 1914. In Michaelson, Beitr. z. Kenntnis d. Land-u. 

 Suesswasserfauna Deut.-Suedwestafrikas, v. 1, p. 222. 



Type-species: Ophion unicallosus Snellen van Vollenhoven. Orig. desig. 

 Ereinoty hides Perkins, 1915. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 62: 530. 

 Type-species: Eremotylus orbitalis Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Schizospilus Seyrig, 1935 (1936). Paris, Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Mem. (n. s.) 4: 79. 

 Type-species: Schizospilus divisus Seyrig. Orig. desig. 



Townes (1971) stated that Enicospilus is probably the largest genus of Ichneumonidae and 

 estimated the number of species to be well over a thousand. Species occur throughout the world 

 but are most numerous in tropical regions. 



Revision: Hooker, 1912. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 38: 52, 92, 135-158. 



