Enicospilus cerebrator Aubert 1966

Enicospilus cerebrator Aubert, 1966 Enicospilus cerebrator Aubert, 1966: 42; Holotype ♀ from France in MZLS, examined. Material examined: IRAN: 3♀♀, Khuzestan Province, Shoush, Karkheh National Park, Persian Fallow deer Sanctuary, 32˚04’45.6"N, 48˚14’27.8"E, 20–30 Feb. 2015, 68 m. a. s., Malaise trap, M. Gilasian leg. (HMIM); 1♀, Kerman Province, Jiroft, Narab, 16 Nov. 1999, 900 m. a. s., Badii / Bar. / Mof. leg. (HMIM); 2♀♀, Hormozgan province, Minab, Raveng, 27˚4’37.36"N, 57˚10’22.09"E, 34 m. a. s., 4 May 2016, Afsari / Mozh. leg. (HMIM); 1♂, Karaj Province, S. Kandawan, Sarchal, 4–8 Jul. 1977, 2800 m. a. s., Pazuki / Mortazawiha leg. (HMIM); 1♀, Golestan Province, Park-e, Melli-e, Golestan Yakhtikalan, 20 Jul. 1996, 1650 m. a. s., Ebra / Naz. V. leg. (HMIM); 1♀, Hamadan Province, Hamadan, Darreh-e Moradbeyk, 25–26 Aug. 1995, 2200 m. a. s., Mirz,/ Badii leg. (HMIM); 1♀, Hamadan Province, Hamadan, Darreh-e Moradbeyk, 9 Sep. 1997, 2100 m. a. s., Bar. / Mof. leg. (HMIM); 1♂, Golestan Province, Golestan national parktangrah, Gushe cheshmeh, 37˚31’02.4"N, 55˚44’43.3"E, 849 m. a. s., 1 Sep. 2009, Ali panah, Faisfal leg. (HMIM); 1♀, Mazandaran Province, 20 km S. Amol, 30˚12"N, 52˚22"E, 430 m. a. s., 6 Jun. 2014, J. Halada leg. (OÖLM). Remarks: Recently reported as new to Iran by Mohammadi-Khoramabadi et al. (2020), but apparently a widespread species in Iran. The species belongs to the Enicospilus ramidulus -group of species and is characterized by the strongly narrowed temples in combination with the relatively stout apical flagellomeres.
Published as part of Johansson, Niklas, Ameri, Ali, Riedel, Matthias, Talebi, Ali Asghar & Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, 2021, Contribution to the Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Iran with the description of 16 new species and an illustrated key to the Eremotylus of the Western Palaearctic, pp. 151-206 in Zootaxa 5023 (2) on page 159, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5023.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5225655
{"references":["Aubert, J. F. (1966) Description de dix especes nouvelles s'ajoutant aux Ichneumonides de France et du Bassin mediterraneen. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de Mulhouse, 1966, 37 - 46.","Mohammadi-Khoramabadi, A., Lotfalizadeh, H. & Schwarz, M. (2020) New records of the family Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera, Ichnemonoidea) to the fauna of Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 6 (3), 229 - 237."]}