Identification key to the genera of Proctotrupidae in northern Iran

1- Petiole concealed in dorsal view by the base of T2 (tribe Cryptoserphini Kozlov, 1970) ……………………… 2

- Petiole not concealed in dorsal view by the base of T2............. ................................................. ........ 3

2- Longer spur of hind tibia ending between the middle and the apical 0.2 of hind basitarsus (Figure 1a); stigma moderately deep, radial cell moderately wide, the side next to costa (1-R1) about 1.75 times as long as width of stigma... .................... Cryptoserphus Kieffer, 1907

- Longer spur of hind tibia ending near the middle of hind basitarsus (Figure 1b); stigma narrow radial cell wide, the side next to costa (1-R1) about 2.2 times as long as width of stigma.... Mischoserphus Townes, 1981

3- Notauli present, often reaching beyond center of mesoscutum (tribe Disogmini Kozlov, 1970)..................... ...….......... Disogmus Foerster, 1856

- Notauli absent (tribe Proctotrupini Latreille, 1802), base of abdomen red or reddish-brown; sides of pronotum with longitudinal wrinkles... ………..…. ... .............................................. Proctotrupes Latreille, 1796

Cryptoserphus aculeator (Haliday, 1839)

Material examined: 43♀♀ 3♂♂; Iran, Guilan province, Astaneh Ashrafiyeh, Eshman Kamachal (37°22′03.66″N, 49°57′57.84″E, – 1 m b.s.l.), 05-IV-2010, 3 ♀♀; 24-X-2010, 1 ♀; Guilan province, Roodsar, Rahimabad, Ziaz (36°52′34.44″N, 50°13′17.40″E, 537 m a.s.l.), 05-IV-2010, 1 ♀; Guilan province, Roodsar, Rahimabad, Orkom (36°45′44.34″N, 50°18′11.88″E, 1201 m a.s.l.), 19-IV-2010, 1 ♂; Guilan province, Roodsar, Rahimabad, Ghazichak (36°45′57.54″N, 50°19′35.22″E, 1803 m a.s.l.), 17-V-2010, 1 ♀; 31-V-2010, 1 ♀; Guilan province, Astaneh Ashrafiyeh, Eshman Kamachal (37°21′10.50″N, 49°57′56.16″E, 2 m a.s.l.), 22-XI-2010, 3 ♀♀; Mazandaran province, Noor, Chamestan, Tangehvaz (36°21′55.68″N, 52°06′10.32″E, 702 m a.s.l.), 12-IV-2011, 1 ♀; Mazandaran province, Noor, Chamestan, Tangehvaz (36°18′51.42″N, 52°07′48.00″E, 1353 m a.s.l.), 09-VI-2011, 1 ♀; 28-VI-2011, 5 ♀♀; 13- VII-2011, 4 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; 03-VIII-2011, 5 ♀♀; 05-IX-2011, 1 ♀; 31-X-2011, 6 ♀♀; Mazandaran province, Noor, Chamestan, Joorband (36°26′17.28″N, 52°07′16.62″E, 272 m a.s.l.), 17-X-2011, 2 ♀♀; 31-X-2011, 2 ♀♀; Mazandaran province, Noor, Chamestan, Tangehvaz (36°21′55.02″N, 52°06′10.74″E, 692 m a.s.l.), 16-VIII-2011, 1 ♀; 03-X-2011, 1 ♀; Mazandaran province, Noor, Chamestan, Joorband (36°26′15.54″N, 52°07′13.50″E, 275 m a.s.l.), 31-X-2011, 1 ♀; leg. M. Khayrandish. Qazvin province, Zereshk Road (36°21′39.72″N, 50°03′55.56″E, 1541 m a.s.l.), 17-VIII-2011, 3 ♀♀; leg. A. Nadimi.

Diagnosis: Female (Figure 2a): Length of body 2.9–3.8 mm; penultimate antennal segment about 3.0 times as long as wide; hair band on front of mesopleuron continuous (Figure 2b); dorsal smooth areas on propodeum long, each about 1.8 as long as wide, with sparse long hairs (Figure 2c); forewing venation as in Figure 2d; ovipositor sheath about 0.8 times as long as hind tibia, with a few long hairs, its apical part 0.3 curved and tapered to a narrowly rounded apex (Figure 2e).

Distribution: Austria, China, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, England, France, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Moldova, Nepal, Philippines, Russia, Spain, Sweden, West Germany (Townes and Townes, 1981; He and Fan, 1991; Kolyada, 1998; Johnson, 2013), and Iran (new record).

Biology: This species is a larval endoparasitoid of Mycetophila ruficollis Meigen, 1818 and Exechia contaminata Winnertz, 1863 ( Diptera: Mycetophilidae) (Masner, 1968).

Cryptoserphus aculeator (Haliday, 1839)

Biology: This species is a larval endoparasitoid of Mycetophila ruficollis Meigen, 1818 and Exechia contaminata Winnertz, 1863 ( Diptera: Mycetophilidae) (Masner, 1968).