Aritranis longicauda ( Kriechbaumer, 1873 )

Heydari, Maryam Zardouei, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Mokhtari, Azizollah & Schwarz, Martin, 2021, Additions to the knowledge of the fauna of the tribe Cryptini Kirby, 1837 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) of Iran, Zootaxa 5005 (4), pp. 569-586 : 570

Aritranis longicauda ( Kriechbaumer, 1873)

Cryptus longicauda Kriechbaumer, 1873

Material examined: 1♀, IRAN, Kermanshah Province, Bayangan, Dodan (35°00′44′′N, 46°12′27′′E, 954 m), Malaise trap situated in oak forest, 05– 19.06.2016 ; 3♀♀, IRAN, Kermanshah Province, Bayangan, Dodan (35°00′26′′N, 46°12′51′′E, 967 m), Malaise trap situated in orchard, 6– 20.06.2016, leg.: M. Zardouei Heydari.

Distribution in Iran: Kermanshah Province.

General distribution: Palaearctic ( Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Iran [new record], Italy, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, former Yugoslavia) ( Yu et al. 2016).

Diagnosis (Female). Body length 11.2–11.5 mm, fore wing length 7.4–7.5 mm, ovipositor 14.3–14.5 mm. Malar space 1.2 × as long as basal width of the mandible. Frons weakly concave and punctate ( Fig. 1A ). Head behind the eyes not long (0.3 × as long as eyes), curved and weakly narrowed laterally, in dorsal view ( Fig. 1B ). Temple constricted behind, 0.57 × as wide as the eye in lateral view ( Fig. 1C ). Notaulus distinct ( Fig. 1D ). Mesoscutum polished, strongly punctate. Propodeum ( Fig. 1E ) with basal transverse carina entire, basal area weakly present. Apical transverse carinae of propodeum absent. First metasomal segment ( Fig. 1F ) rather gradually widened to its apex, without a lateral triangular tooth basally. Postpetiole rather weakly convex in lateral view. Fore wing ( Fig. 1G ) with vein r-m present.Areolet large and pentagonal with sides weakly convergent forward. Vein 1m-cu 1.8 × as long as 1/Cu. Hind wing ( Fig. 1H ) with 1/Cu longer than cu-a. Ovipositor 4.5 × as long as the hind tibia ( Fig. 1I ). Body black; femora, tibiae, tarsi and second to seventh tergites reddish.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Aritranis longicauda (Kriechbaumer, 1873), female.A. Head, frontal view; B. Head, dorsal view; C. Head, lateral view; D. Mesonotum, dorsal view; E. Propodeum, dorsal view; F. Petiole, dorsal view; G. Fore wing; H. Hind wing; I. Adult, general habitus.