Eumerus falsus Becker, 1922

Figs 3C, 6C, 13 E–F

Eumerus rubriventris Becker, 1921: 67 (junior primary homonym of Eumerus rubriventris Macquart, 1829)

Eumerus latifrons Sack, 1932: 403 .

Eumerus zarudnyi Stackelberg, 1949: 431 .

Eumerus rufiventris Van Der Goot, 1964: 218 .

Diagnosis

Eyes pilose (Fig. 13 E–F), widely spaced, distance between eyes more than width of ocellar triangle (Fig. 13E); scutum and scutellum shiny metallic, weakly pollinose (Fig. 3C); scutum pilose with two bare longitudinal areas posteromedially; scutellum strongly arched basally in lateral view, more than half as high as long; legs predominantly black, tarsi and basal half of tibiae orange (Fig. 6C); metafemur slightly enlarged; metatarsus without dense thick black pile fringe; wing hyaline, almost entirely covered with microtrichia; abdominal terga II–III orange laterally.

Material examined

Holotype ISRAEL • ♀; “Carmel / 45576 IV // Typus [red label] // rubriventris / Becker // Eumerus falsus / Beck. / Stackelberg det. ‘[19]59 // Zool. Mus. / Berlin // Holotype ♀ / Eumerus rubriventris / Becker, 1921 / det J. van Steenis, 2016 [red label]”; ZMHB.

Other material

IRAN • 1 ♂; “IRAN: Markazi prov., Haftad / Gholleh Protected Area, / Chekab Valley, 2219m, / 34°07′05.3″N, 050°16′25.3″E, / 28.V–15.VI.2016, Malaise trap / near pool, E. Gilasian & M. / PargamiAraghi”; HMIM .

Distribution

Central Asia, Iran (Lorestan prov., Alishtar; Markazi prov.), Israel, Transcaucasia, Turkey (Stackelberg 1949; Peck 1988).