Homoporus pulchripes Erdös, 1953

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 : 314

Homoporus pulchripes Erdös, 1953

Homoporus pulchripes Erdös, 1953:245 , Holotype ♀. – HNHM, Hungary.

Material examined. Iran, North Khorasan province, Maneh and Semelghan, Ghorkhod (37°28′17.52″N, 56°24′24.84″E), swept on Weed , 05.06.2018, 1♀, Z. Rahmani, leg.

Diagnosis. Female. Body length 2 mm. Head in frontal view 1.4 times wider than high. Antenna with three anelli and five funicular segments, all funicular segments transverse. Toruli inserted above lower margins of eyes ( Fig. 2A). Scape not reaching lower edge of median ocellus. Width of head 2.06 times its length in dorsal view. POL 2 times longer than OOL ( Fig. 2B). Eye height 1.41 times longer than its length in lateral view. Mesoscutum 1.43 times wider than its length ( Fig. 2C). Propodeum shallow reticulate, median carina complete ( Fig. 2D). Fore wing with basal cell and basal fold pilose; marginal vein 1.23 times length of postmarginal vein and 2.36 times longer than stigmal vein ( Fig. 2E). Gaster 1.8 times longer than wide, posterior margin of first tergite straight. Body dark green ( Fig. 2F).

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

Zoogeographical distribution: Eastern and Western Palaearctic.