Bocchus hyalinus Olmi, 1998 *

(Figs 2C; 3E; 11)

Bocchus hyalinus Olmi, 1998: 65 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Oman, 4 km South of Dhagmar (holotype ♀, CNC).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Iran (new record) • 1 ♀; MNHN; Kerman province, Faryab; 5.VIII.2016; M. Arab leg.; Malaise trap in Natural Ecosystem • 1 ♀; DPPZ; Sistan-o Baluchestan province, Iranshahr, Daman; 27°25’N, 060°54’E; 879 m; 18.VI.2016; H. Davari leg.; Malaise trap 2 mounted among planted Mazari palm, Nannorrhops ritchiana (Griff.) Aitch . • 3 ♀; DPPZ, MOLC; same locality label; 27°24’N, 060°50’E; 876 m; 16-26.VI.2016; Malaise trap 4 .

Oman • 1 ♀ 5 ♂; NHMUK, MOLC; Al-Uyaina – Samail; 30.IV.2006; K. Al-Miqbali leg.; ex. Ommatissus lybicus De Bergevin (Tropiduchidae) on date palm .

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN (Fig. 14A). — Kerman and Sistan-o Baluchestan provinces.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (Fig. 14A). — AFR and W-PAL.

DESCRIPTION

Female (Figs 2C; 11)

Body almost totally yellow-whitish, except ocelli slightly darkened; occasionally mesothoracic axilla and sutures behind mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum darkened (Fig. 11 D-F). Antenna short, with antennomeres 5-9 longer than broad (antennomere 5: 6:3; antennomere 9: 4.5:3.5); head dull, completely granulate and reticulate rugose (Fig. 11 A-C); frontal line complete (Fig. 11B). Pronotum crossed by strong transverse impression, reticulate rugose (Fig. 11E); pronotal tubercle reaching tegula (Fig. 11E); lateral regions of prothorax continuous with mesopleuron so that the epicnemium is not exposed (Fig. 11D); notauli posteriorly separated, occasionally hardly visible (Fig. 11E); mesoscutellum very slightly granulate, not rugose (Fig. 11E); metanotum short and rugose (Fig. 11F); metapectal-propodeal disc reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity dull and rugose (Fig. 11F). Petiole very long, much shorter than metasoma (6:27) (Fig. 11F). Protarsomere 5 with one preapical lamella, two bristles and an inner band (Fig. 2C).

Male.

Not collected in Iran.

REMARKS

In specimens from the United Arab Emirates, mesosoma ferruginous and metasoma brown; mesoscutum strongly reticulate rugose, with notauli almost completely invisible; mesoscutellum with anterior half unsculptured and posterior half reticulate rugose. In contrast, in specimen from Kenya, mesosoma ferruginous and metasoma partly brown and partly ferruginous; mesoscutum strongly reticulate rugose, with notauli completely invisible; mesoscutellum granulate.