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Enicospilus vidus Gauld & Carter, 1983

Avispas de Darwin, Darwin wasps

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hymenoptera

Suborder
Apocrita

Superfamily
Ichneumonoidea

Family
Ichneumonidae

Genus
Enicospilus

Species
vidus

Taxon category: Accepted

This species is characterized by the large fenestra and the lack of alar sclerites.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Santa Cruz, Floreana

References

Gauld, I. D. Carter, J. M. (1983) The Ophioninae of the Galápagos Islands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Journal of Natural History, 17(2), 145-155.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Enicospilus vidus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20501. Accessed 6 November 2026.