Anomalon narinae Zardouei & Rakhshani, 2020

Heydari, Maryam Zardouei, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Mokhtari, Azizollah & Schwarz, Martin, 2020, The genus Anomalon Panzer (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Anomaloninae) of Iran, with description of a new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 662 (662), pp. 1-19 : 11-16

Anomalon narinae Zardouei & Rakhshani sp. nov.

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Figs 8–9

Diagnosis

This species is morphologically similar to Anomalon chinense , but is distinguished by the following characters: 1) the diameter of the lateral ocellus is equal to the distance between the lateral ocellus and the margin of the eye in A. narinae sp. nov. (about 0.8 × in A. chinense ); 2) the mesopleuron is rugose and densely setose in A. narinae sp. nov. (punctate, with very sparse setae in A. chinense ); 3) fore wing

r-rs vein in A. chinense is weakly curved near the pterostigma, while it is strongly curved in A. chinense ; 4) the ovipositor sheath is 0.8 × as long as the hind tibia in A. narinae sp. nov. (1.1 × in A. chinense ).

Etymology

The species is named after the niece of the first aUthor, Narin ZardoUei.

Type material

Holotype

IRAN – Sistan-o Baluchestan Province • ♀; Saravan; 27°25′14″ N, 62°17′33″ E; 1190 m a.s.l.; 28 Apr.–12 May 2015; M. Khosravi leg.; Pan trap; DPPZ.

Paratypes

IRAN – Sistan-o Baluchestan Province • 1 ♀; Saravan ; 27°25′14″ N, 62°17′33″ E; 1190 m a.s.l.; M. Khosravi leg.; 4–18 Sep. 2015; Pan trap; DPPZ • 1 ♀; same collecting as for preceding; 21 Apr.– 3 May 2016; DPPZ • 1 ♀; same collecting data as for preceding; 11 AUg. 2016; DPPZ . – Kerman Province • 1 ♀; Bam ; 29°05′32″ N, 58°20′11″ E; 1090 m a.s.l.; 14–28 JUl. 2015; M. Vafaei leg.; Malaise Trap; DPPZ • 1 ♀; same collecting data as for preceding; 28 JUn. 2015; swept on Medicago sativa ; DPPZ • 1 ♀; Faryab, Hoor-e Esfandi Village ; 28°08′33″ N, 57°16′26″ E; 651 m a.s.l.; 10–24 JUl. 2016; M. Arabzadeh leg.; Malaise Trap; DPPZ • 1 ♀; same collecting data as for preceding; 19 JUl.–3 AUg. 2016; DPPZ • 1 ♀; same collecting data as for preceding; 12 AUg. 2016; swept on weeds; DPPZ .

Description

Female

SIZE. Body length 7.5–10.5 mm, fore wing 3.7–5.0 mm, ovipositor sheath 1.5–1.8 mm ( Fig. 9B ).

COLOUR. Body brown; temple, inner eye orbits, lower half of pronotum, upper corner of mesopleuron, stripe between median and lateral lobes of mesoscutum, scutellum, propodeum posteriorly, fore tibia, first tergite on anterior ¾ and narrow band posteriorly, and second tergite posteriorly yellowish. Tergite 7 with narrow triangular yellowish mark on posterior margin. Wings hyaline, brownish distally ( Fig. 9B ).

HEAD. Antenna with 22–24 flagellomeres. Occipital carina widely interrUpted dorsomedially, its lower part not sinuate, reaching near base of mandible. Ocelli large, diameter of lateral ocellus equal to the distance between lateral ocellUs and margin of eye ( Fig. 8A ). Frons slightly concave, finely pUnctate, with distinct median vertical ridge, with transverse striae beside median vertical ridge on lower part. Clypeus weakly and very sparsely punctate, its length 2.2 × its width, its apical margin rounded, with a pair of small lateromedian teeth very close to each other. Inner eye orbits convergent ventrally. Malar space about 0.4 × as long as basal mandibular width. Upper tooth of mandible distinctly longer than lower tooth. Face not elongate, width between eyes across clypeal suture about 1.2 × length from antennal insertion to apex of clypeal margin medially ( Fig. 8B ). Temple strongly constricted behind eyes, about 0.45 × as wide as compound eye in lateral view ( Fig. 8C ).

MESOSOMA. Pronotum striate in lower part, with large smooth and impunctate area just behind epomia ( Fig. 8D ). Epomia strong, its upper end reaching dorsal pronotal margin. Mesopleuron densely rugose. Epicnemial carina almost reaching mid-height of frontal margin of mesopleuron, and at level of sternaulus not broken (without branch to lower posterior corner of pronotum). Speculum polished. Metapleuron densely rugose. Mesoscutum on median lobe rugose posteriorly, median lobe anteriorly and lateral lobe punctate. Scutellum rugose ( Fig. 8E ). Propodeum reticulate-rugose ( Fig. 8F ). Fore wing with r-rs very weakly curved near pterostigma. Vein 1cu-a interstitial. Vein 2/ M 1.3 × as long as r-m. Marginal cell about twice as long as its distance from end of wing ( Fig. 9A ). Propodeal spiracle elongate, 2.8 × as long as wide.

METASOMA. First tergite about 4.0 × as long as apical width and 0.5 × as long as second tergite. Second tergite 5.0 × as long as apical width and 3.0 × as long as third tergite. Sclerotized part of first sternite extending to posterior third of segment. Postpetiole weakly convex, located at posterior 0.4 of first tergite. Spiracle circular, very small. Third tergite 3.0 × as long as apical width. Remaining tergites compressed. Ovipositor sheath about 0.8 × as long as hind tibia.

Male

Unknown.

General distribution

Western Palaearctic ( Iran).

Distribution in Iran

Sistan-o Baluchestan and Kerman Provinces.

Figures

Fig. 8. Anomalon narinae Zardouei & Rakhshani sp. nov., ♀, DPPZ.A. Head, dorsal view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Head, lateral view. D. Mesosoma, lateral view. E. Mesoscutum, dorsal view. F. Propodeum, dorsal view.

Fig. 9. Anomalon narinae Zardouei & Rakhshani sp. nov., ♀, DPPZ. A. Fore wing. B. Habitus, lateral view.