taxonID	type	description	language	source
DE68757D5F47FF8DC3A811DBFDD5FEAA.taxon	description	(Figs 1 – 3)	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F47FF8DC3A811DBFDD5FEAA.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: IRAN ♀ 06. vii. 2012, Hormozgan province, Minab county, Goleshvar, 27.974 N, 56.998 E, A. Ameri (ZSM).	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F47FF8DC3A811DBFDD5FEAA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Miscophus flavus belongs to the M. bytinskii species group and is unique amoung all Palearctic Miscophus species by a completely smooth and impunctate body, and completely orange-red (Fig. 1). The pronotal collar has a tooth-shaped tip in the middle.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F47FF8DC3A811DBFDD5FEAA.taxon	description	Description of female: Body length: 4.0 mm. Color: All orange red, ACM, upper frons and mesoscutum somewhat darker than remaining parts, apex of mandible black. Wings transparant, wing venation reddish, costa black. Lower face with a few sparse and short pale setae. Morphology: Body completely shiny and smooth, impunctate. Medial part of ACM evenly curved. OOL = 1.5 × ocellar diameter, POL = 2.5 × ocellar diameter. AS 3 as long as AS 1. Pronotal collar medially near posterior margin with tooth-shaped tip. Propodeal dorsum and propodeum laterally with indistinct, barely visible striation (Fig. 3), angle between dorsal and back surfaces of propodeum (lateral view) approximately 130 o. Forebasitarsus with two long black spines, apical spine as long as second tarsal segment. Male: Unknown.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F47FF8DC3A811DBFDD5FEAA.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Hormozgan province in southern Iran.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F47FF8DC3A811DBFDD5FEAA.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The species name means yellow in Latin, referring to the orange-yellow body color of this species.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F47FF8DC3A811DBFDD5FEAA.taxon	discussion	Remark: The holotype is broken and glued to a white card. This species was collected in Goleshvar village, northern Hormozgan province, situated in the plain areas of Minab at an elevation of 14 meters. The vegetation of Goleshvar consists of tropical fruit orchards, including mango, citrus, and palms, along with meadow lands. The climate is hot and humid, with an average annual temperature of 28.6 ° C and an aridity index of 5.84 (Asadpour & Soltanipoor 2017; Paroon et al., 2019).	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8DC3A814BAFC98FABE.taxon	description	(Figs 4 – 6)	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8DC3A814BAFC98FABE.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: IRAN ♀ 14. vii. 2022, Razawi-Korasan province, 35 km SW Neyshabur 35.919 N 58.578 E. W. - H. Liebig (ZSM). Paratypes: IRAN 2 ♀ 27. v. 2011 Hormozgan province, Bandar Abbas, South Zakin, 27.481 N 56.307 E, 680 m (CSE, TMUC); 1 ♀ 27. iv. 2011, Qazvin province, Lowshan county, 36.669 N, 49.427 E, 291 m, A. Nadimi, (TMUC); 1 ♀ 26. iv – 05. v. 2011 Qazvin province, Zereshk Road 36.423 N, 50.110 E, 1926 m, A. Nadimi (TMUC).	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8DC3A814BAFC98FABE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Miscophus liebigi belongs to the M. bytinskii species group and is characterized by a completely smooth and impunctate body, which is black with tibiae and AS 1 reddish (Fig. 4). The pronotal collar has a tooth-shaped tip in the middle. The species is close to M. paolorosai Schmid-Egger, 2011, from the Arabian Peninsula, and differs by the conspicuous point of collare (with indistinct swelling in M. paolorosai) and by a more expressed striation of propodeal dorsum. Forebasitarsus has only two spines, and three in M. paolorosai.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8DC3A814BAFC98FABE.taxon	description	Description of female: Body length: 5.2 mm (paratypes 5.0 – 5.2 mm). Color: Black, reddish are: mandible medially, ACM, AS 1 and AS 2 below, apex of femora, tibiae, tarsi (tibiae and tarsi above with some black parts). Coxae apically with narrow yellow ring. Wing venation brown, costa black. Wings transparent, apex clouded. Morphology: Corners of medial part of ACM somewhat prominent, rounded. AS 3 as long as AS 1. Pronotal collar medially near posterior margin with tooth-shaped tip. Frons and mesosoma extremely shiny and impunctate, with some sparse and inconspicuous reticulation on lower mesopleuron. Propodeum laterally with inconspicuous striation, propodeal dorsum mediall with a fine keel, laterally finely diagonally striate (Fig. 6). Angle between dorsal and back surface of propodeum (lateral view) approximately 110 o. Terga shiny, indistinctly and sparsely punctate. Forebasitarsus with two black spines, apical spine as long as second tarsal segment and half of third segment. Male: Unknown.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8DC3A814BAFC98FABE.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Iran.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8DC3A814BAFC98FABE.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The species is named after Wolf-Harald Liebig, an expert on Hymenoptera from Germany who collected the holotype during the joint trip to Iran together with the first author in 2022.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8DC3A814BAFC98FABE.taxon	discussion	Remarks: This species is widely distributed in different parts of Iran including northeastern (Razawi-Korasan), north central (Qazvin) and southern Iran (Hormozgan).	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8BC3A810C6FE64FC4E.taxon	description	(Figs 7 – 10)	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8BC3A810C6FE64FC4E.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: IRAN: ♀ 7. v. 2019 Kerman prov., 55 km N Kerman, 30.80 N 57.05 E, 1721 m, C. Schmid-Egger (ZSM). Paratypes: IRAN: 1 ♀ 6. vi. 2013 Fars, Khonj 27.891 N, 53.447 E, 527 m, M. Atbaei (CSE); Hormozgan province, Bandar Abbas env.: 2 ♀ 17. iv. 2011, 18. iv. 2011 Qaleh Qazi, 27.448 N 56.548 E; 1 ♀ 19. viii. 2012 North Zakin, 27.885 N, 56.332 E, 1020 m; 2 ♀ 06. v .. 2011, 04. iv. 2011, Geno, 27.404 N, 56.147 E, 1274 m; 2 ♀ 23. v. 2011, 21. ix. 2010 Zakin, Baneh, 27.864 N, 56.309 E, 1630 m; for all A. Ameri (TMUC).	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8BC3A810C6FE64FC4E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: The female of M. pseudopapyrus (Fig. 7) agrees in general aspects with M. helveticus and belongs to a lineage with four long basal spines (fig. 10), together with M. papyrus de Andrade, 1954 from North Africa and Arabian Peninsula and some other species from North Africa (not considered here). It differs from M. papyrus by predominantly black tegula (Fig. 9), precostal plate and femora (yellow or reddish in M. papyrus). M. papyrus is not yet recorded from Iran. Another species with four basitarsal spines from Mongolia, M. eximius Gussakovskij, 1934, is characterised by a conspicuous longitudinal furrow below mid ocellus, which divides the face into two parts. It lacks in remaining species of the members of the M. helveticus group with four fortarsal spines.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8BC3A810C6FE64FC4E.taxon	description	Description of female: Body length: 8.5 – 10.0 mm, holotype 8.5 mm. In general aspects similar to M. helveticus. Color: Black. Mandible reddish except apical black third. AS 1 – 3 below white (AS 3 in one paratype only with small basal spot) (Fig. 7). Wing venation white-yellowish except brown subcosta. Tegula black with pale apex, precostal plate pale except black medial spot (Fig. 9). Gaster all red, in one paratype dark red with paler tergal margins. Coxae, trochanter and femora black, coxae and trochanters with some dark red above, femora at extreme apex with red. Remaining part of legs orange-reddish, with some dark patches on tibiae. Holotype with thin appressed pubescence on face and mesosoma, partly lacking (may be worn), and with dense pubescence in paratypes. Wings transparent with clouded apical zone outside of venation zone. Morphology: Middle section of ACM clearly protruding and towers above the lateral sections (Fig. 8). OOL and POL each 1,5 × as long as diameter of hindocellus, in one paratype shorter, 1 × as long. Fore basitarsus with four long spines, apical spine reaches middle of third tarsal segment (Fig. 10). Three apical long spines arise very close to each other near the apex of tarsal segment, shorter basal spine arises approximately in the middle of tarsal segment. Variation in females: Specimens from Hormozgan are distinctly darker than remaining specimens, and pubescence is denser. However, there is no evidence that these belong to a different species.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8BC3A810C6FE64FC4E.taxon	discussion	Remark about male: A male form Qaleh Quazi / Hormozgan was collected together with a female paratype. Due to the difficulties in distinguishing the males of the M. helveticus group (Schmid-Egger & Al-Jadhami 2022), it will not be labelled or further described here as a paratype. It is similar in coloration to the darker female variant from the type series, as described above. The triangularly protruding middle part of the ACM is conspicuous, while it is usually more rounded in the other males of the species group.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8BC3A810C6FE64FC4E.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Iran.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F45FF8BC3A810C6FE64FC4E.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The species is named after its closest relative, the similar Miscophus papyrus from Arabian Peninsula and Northeast Africa.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F43FF88C3A81116FB78FF12.taxon	description	(Figs 11 – 13)	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F43FF88C3A81116FB78FF12.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: IRAN ♀ 2. v. 2011, Hormozgan province, Bandar Abbas, Zakin, Baneh, 27.864 N 56.309 E, 1630 m, A. Ameri (ZSM). Paratype: 1 ♀ 23. v. 2011, same data as holotype (TMUC).	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F43FF88C3A81116FB78FF12.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Miscophus hormozganensis belongs to the M. bicolor species group and is characterized by the combination of a nearly impunctate and shiny mesopleuron, a distinct copper shimmer on frons and mesosoma, and by light red legs (Fig. 11). Propodeal dorsum has a distinct longitudinal keel and indistinct lateral diagonal striae (Fig. 13). The species is similar to M. johni Mokrousov, 2004 from Eastern Europe and Russia, 2004, but the latter is all black with mostly black legs, propodeal dorsum with a few distinct diagonal striae only, and most specimens are smaller than 4.0 mm.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F43FF88C3A81116FB78FF12.taxon	description	Description of female: Body length: 4.5 mm. Color: Black, face and mesosoma with copper shimmer (Figs 11. 12). Light reddish are: mandible (apart from black apex), AS 1 – 2, tegula and legs, tibiae somewhat dark above. Wing venation brown. Morphology: ACM forms a more or less rounded line not protruding beyond lower eye margin; middle part not protruding beyond side parts either (Fig. 12). Frons finely reticulate, in general shiny. OOL = 1 × diameter of hindocellus, POL = 1.5 × diameter of hindocellus. Eye (frontal view) as large as half remaining face, face medially with indistinct furrow. Eye (lateral view) in broadest diameter 1.5 × as long as gena. Mesoscutum and scutellum finely punctate, interspaces shiny. Mesopleuron impunctate, shiny. Propodeal dorsum with distinct medial keel, laterally with indistinct diagonal striae (Fig. 13). Posterior and lateral surfaces of propodeum horizontally striate, with some pale setae. Terga finely puncto-reticulate, shiny. Forebasitarsis with two black spines, both as long as half second tarsal segment. Male: Unknown.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F43FF88C3A81116FB78FF12.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Hormozgan province in southern Iran.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F43FF88C3A81116FB78FF12.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The species is named after the Hormozgan province in southern Iran, where the holotype was collected.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F43FF88C3A81116FB78FF12.taxon	discussion	Remark: This species was collected from Baneh village, located near North Zakin. This mountainous region, situated at an elevation of 1630 meters in the foothills of Siahu district, is part of the mountainous areas of Bandar Abbas city. The climate in Baneh is relatively cold in winter and mild in summer. The vegetation cover mainly consists of wild almond, wild pistachio, wild cherry, and juniper (Asadpour & Soltanipoor, 2017).	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF88C3A814BAFE20FB4A.taxon	description	(Figs 14 – 17, 22)	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF88C3A814BAFE20FB4A.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: IRAN ♀ 16. vii. 2022, Razawi-Korasan province, 20 km S Shandiz, Binalud Mt. 2534 m, 36.262 N, 59.120 E, C. Schmid-Egger (ZSM).	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF88C3A814BAFE20FB4A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Miscophus binaludensis belongs to the M. nicolai species group and is unique among all examined Miscophus species by large yellow spots on fore and midfemora, in combination with hindfemur black and tibiae red (Fig. 14). The only other species with yellow spots on the legs is M. corsicus de Andrade, 1960 from Corsica in France. M. corsicus has three basitarsal spines (two in M. binaludensis) and all red legs.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF88C3A814BAFE20FB4A.taxon	description	Description of female: Body length: 6.0 mm. Color: Black. Mandible reddish apart black apex and base. AS 1 pale yellowish below (Fig. 14), AS 2 with small pale yellowish spot apically below. Forefemur with large pale yellow spot apically below, ca. 0.4 x as long as femur (fig. 17). Midfemur with smaller apical pale yellow spot, 0,25 × as long as femur. All coxae with apical yellow spots. Wing venation brown. Lower face with scattered silvery-golden pubescence. Morphology: Medial part of ACM laterally with rounded inconspicuous corner (Fig. 15). OOL = 1,5 × ocellar diameter, POL = 2.5 × ocellar diameter. Face, mesosoma and terga punctate, punctures less than a diameter apart, interspaces dull, on mesoscutum somewhat sparser punctate. Propodeal dorsum 1,5 × as wide as long, with distinct medial keel (Fig. 16), laterally with indistinct diagonal striae, lateral parts punctate. Forebasitarsus with two spines (at one side with very short third basal spine), apical spine as long as 0,8 × length of second tarsal segment. Male: Unknown.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF88C3A814BAFE20FB4A.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Razawi-Korasan province in Northeast Iran.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF88C3A814BAFE20FB4A.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The species is named after the type area, the Binalud mountains in northeast Iran, a famous collecting place (Fig. 22).	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF89C3A811DAFB6BF943.taxon	description	(Figs 18 – 21)	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF89C3A811DAFB6BF943.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: IRAN ♀ 10. viii. 2010 Tehran province, Shahriar, 35.667 N 50.948 E 1168 m, A. Mohammadi (ZSM). Paratype: 1 ♀, same data as holotype, 24. viii. 2010, A. Nadimi (TMUC).	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF89C3A811DAFB6BF943.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Miscophus kharazii belongs to the M. nicolai species group and can be recognized by the spinulation of the forebasitarus. It has a row of short black spines, which are shorter than tarsal diameter, and lacks long spines (Fig. 21). Propodeal dorsum is distinctly longer than wide (Fig. 20), first terga are red. At first glance, the species resembles M. lusitanicus de Andrade, 1952, but the latter has three long spines on forebasitarsus.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF89C3A811DAFB6BF943.taxon	description	Description of female: Body length: 7.0 mm. Color: Black. Mandible reddish apart black apex and base. AS 1 reddish below, AS 2 with small reddish spot apically below. Legs black, tibiae and tarsi partly dark red. T 1 – 2 and S 1 – 2 dark red. Wing venation brown. Lower face, mesosoma laterally and propodeal dorsum with scattered silvery pubescence. Morphology: Medial part of ACM laterally with rounded inconspicuous corner (Fig. 19). Frons densely grainlike punctate, mesonotum, scutellum and episcrobal area punctate with shiny interspaces, punctures 0,5 – 1 × diameter apart. Lower mesopleuron punctate, with some striae in between. Terga densely punctate, interspaces shiny. Forebasitarsus laterally with a dense row of white setae and six black spines in between, spines as long as setae, and 0,3 × as long as tarsal diameter, apical spine somewhat longer. Propodeal dorsum 1,1 x as long as wide, with distinct median keel, laterally with indistinct diagonal striation, with dense erect pilosity, directed forwards. Male: Unknown.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF89C3A811DAFB6BF943.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Tehran province in Northern Iran.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF89C3A811DAFB6BF943.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named in honor of Prof. Aziz Kharazi from Tehran University for his significant contribution to biological control of insects.	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
DE68757D5F40FF89C3A811DAFB6BF943.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Shahriar County is located on the southern foothills of the Alborz Mountains. The region has a hot and dry climate. The average annual precipitation is 216 mm, and the average annual temperature is 17.6 ° C. Shahriar is one of the country’s key agricultural centers, with extensive fruit orchards (including plum, apricot, fig, grape, and pomegranate), as well as summer crops and other cultivated plants (Fayyaz et al., 2015).	en	Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud (2025): New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae). Zootaxa 5588 (1): 185-193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
