Gelis divaricatus, Horstmann, 1993

Riedel, Matthias, Ameri, Ali, Talebi, Ali Asghar & Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, 2019, Contribution to the Ɨchneumonidae (Hymenoptera) oI Ɨran, with descriptions oI seven new species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 361-390 : 379

Gelis divaricatus HORSTMANN, 1993, new ♂

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Markazi site 1: 1♀ 10.v.-13.vi.2018, leg. E. Gilasian & M. Parachami-Araghi; Khuzestan site 1: 1♂ 11.iii.-10.v.2015, leg. E. Gilasian.

D e s c r i p t i o n: ♂: Body length 2.5 mm. Antenna with 19 flagellomeres, 1 st flagellomere 4.6x longer than wide, 2 nd flagellomere 3.4x longer than wide. Temple roundly narrowed behind eye. Distance of lateral ocellus to eye 1.3x its diameter. Hind femur 4.5x longer than wide. Structure otherwise as described for the ♀ ( HORSTMANN 1993).

Color: Black. Clypeus reddish-brown apically. Mandible except teeth yellowish. Scapus, pedicellus and two basal flagellomeres yellowish, following flagellomeres brown. Pronotum reddish-yellow. Central spot on mesopleuron red. Mesoscutum with red hookshaped anterolateral spot confluent with red paramedian longitudinal stripe. 1 st tergite black; 2 nd and 3 rd tergites yellow, 3 rd tergite with brown posterolateral edges; following tergites brown, paler centrally. Fore and mid legs including coxae and trochanters reddish-brown; hind leg brownish, hind tibia cream-yellow in basal 1/5. Wings with two brownish stripes.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Europe, new record for Iran.