Foenatopus prousti Aguiar & Turrisi, 2010

Karimi, Sourush, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein & Mohammadi-Khoramabadi, abbas, 2022, Bimaculate species of the genus Foenatopus Smith (Hym., Stephanidae) in Iran, with a new record, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (4), pp. 541-549 : 543

Foenatopus prousti Aguiar & Turrisi, 2010 ( Figs 2–3)

Material examined. 1 ♀ (HMIM), Iran, West-Azarbaijan province , Mahabad-Sardasht road, Kavlan village ( 36°23'42"N, 45°40'8"E, 1586 m), 8.ix.2019, Malaise trap, S. Karimi leg.

Remarks. This species runs to couplet 6 in Aguiar et al. (2010)’s key of the bimaculate species of this genus. Our examined specimen resembles those described by Aguiar et al. (2010) from the south and western Iran. It is characterized by its color pattern of the propodeum ( Fig. 3D), petiole and the first tergite ( Figs 3H–I), the strongly compressed head ( Fig. 3B), and mesosoma. It has a body length 11.4mm (including ovipositor); ovipositor length 4.5 mm, fore wing length 4.7 mm; body brown to light brown, with dark brown mesosoma ( Figs 3C–D); with distinct whitish marks in the following parts: clypeus; fore and mid tibia basally and apically; basitarsus of mid leg basally; on hind leg, coxa distally, femur distally and both ventral teeth, compressed part of tibia apically, basitarsus entirely; propodeum dorso-apically; petiole basally and apically; T4 with two large separated pale yellow spots. Detailed sculpture was described by Aguiar et al. (2010).

Distribution. Fars, Lorestan (Aguiar et al., 2010), and West-Azarbaijan provinces (present study).

Ecology. The host of this species is unknown. Based on the collecting date in this study ( 8.IX.2019) together with available data in Fars ( 27.IV.2006 and 15.IX.2007) and Lorestan provinces ( 2.V.2007) (Aguiar et al., 2010), it seems likely be indicated that this species has two distinct flight periods in Iran. It is important to consider that these localities have different altitudes and biogeographical conditions but the common point of these collection localities is Zagros Mountains ranges that our collection site is located in the northern border, Fars and Lorestan provinces in the southern border .