Plutothrix trifasciata (Thomson, 1878)

Rahmani, Zahra, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein & Mokhtari, Azizollah, 2022, Annotated checklist of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) in the Middle East and North Africa, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2), pp. 265-377 : 329-330

Plutothrix trifasciata (Thomson, 1878)

Trigonoderus trifasciatus Thomson, 1878:11 , Lectotype ♀. – MZLU, Sweden.

Material examined. Iran, Kermanshah, Dodan (35°00′44″N, 46°12′27″E), Malaise trap, 05.06.2016, 1♀, M. Zardooei Heydari leg.

Diagnosis. Female. Body length 4.5 mm. Head in frontal view 1.4 times wider than high. Antenna with scape reaching lower edge of median ocellus ( Fig. 3A). Toruli inserted above lower margins of eyes ( Fig. 3A). Width of head 2 times its length in dorsal view. POL 1.15 times longer than OOL ( Fig. 3B). Eye height 1.38 times longer than its length in lateral view. Dorsellum smooth ( Fig. 3C). Propodeum shallow reticulate, median carina complete ( Fig. 3D). Fore wing with three fascia; basal cell with one continuous row of setae, basal fold pilose; marginal vein 0.68 times postmarginal vein and 1.8 times longer than stigmal vein ( Fig. 3E). Gaster 3.6 times longer than wide, posterior margin of first tergite deeply emarginate. Body dark metallic green with bronze–copper reflection ( Fig. 3F).

Distribution in the Middle East: Iran (New record).

Zoogeographical distribution: Eastern and Western Palaearctic.