Eumerus persarum Stackelberg, 1961

Figs 4D, 5D, 7D, 8D, 14 G–H, 16G–H

Diagnosis

Eyes pilose (Figs 14 G–H, 16H), males holoptic (Fig. 16G); face white pilose; basoflagellomere orange (Figs 14H, 16H); scutum and scutellum shiny metallic, weakly pollinose, covered with whitish pile (Figs 4D, 5D, 7D, 8D); subscutellar pile fringe long and dense and with apices strongly bent medially; pleura above metacoxa pilose; legs predominantly black; metafemur enlarged; protarsus with strong setae along posterior margin, especially basitarsomere with several setae along entire posterior margin; wing extensively bare of microtrichia, also on apical half; abdomen brownish-orange (Figs 4D, 5D).

Material examined

Holotype

IRAN • ♀; “ Bempur Baluch. / Iran. 11.X. 955 / Tsjerbinovsky // Eumerus Holotyp. / persarum, sp. n. ’61 / Stackelberg det. // Holotypus ’60 / Eumerus / persarum Stack [red label]”; ZISP.

Other material

IRAN • 3 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀; “IRAN: Yazd prov., June / 2018, A. Jaafari Nadooshan // Eumerus persarum / Stackelberg, 1961 // reared on Cistanche sp.”; HMIM • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; JSA • 1 ♀; “ SE Iran / Bazman / 13.4.73 // Loc. no 161 / Exp. Nat. Mus. / Praha”; JSA .

Distribution

Iran (Sistan & Balouchestan prov., Bampur; Yazd prov.) (Peck 1988).