Aphelopus melaleucus ( Dalman, 1818 )

Derafshan, Hossein Ali, Olmi, Massimo, Moghaddam, Mostafa Ghafouri, Nader, Elham & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2021, New records of Dryinidae Haliday, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) from Iran, Zoosystema 43 (23), pp. 563-583 : 571-573

Aphelopus melaleucus ( Dalman, 1818) *

( Figs 3C ; 8 )

Gonatopus melaleucus Dalman, 1818: 82 .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Sweden, Västergötland (holotype ♀, NHRS).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Iran (new record) • 2 ♂; MOLC; Isfahan province, Nisian ; 32°59’5.61”N, 52°28’13.91”E, 2191 m; 8-28. VIII.2015; E. Nader leg.; Malaise trap in orchard; code-17 • 1 ♂; MNHN; same locality label; 7-31.VII.2015; code-7 ; • 1 ♂; DPPZ; same locality label; 8-21.VII.2015; code-14 • 1 ♂; DPPZ; Khorasane Razavi province ; 15.IX.2016; B. Motamedinia leg.; Malaise trap.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN ( Fig. 13B ). — Isfahan and Khorasan-e Razavi provinces.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION ( Fig. 13B ). — E-PAL and W-PAL.

DESCRIPTION

Male ( Figs 3C ; 8 )

Black; occasionally antennomeres 9-10 light. Head dull, granulate ( Fig. 8A, B ); frontal line incomplete, not present in front of anterior ocellus, high carina shaped on anterior half of frons ( Fig. 8A ). Mesoscutum occasionally with median scutal line ( Fig. 8C ); notauli reaching approximately 0.5 × length of mesoscutum ( Fig. 8C ); metapectal-propodeal complex dull, reticulate rugose; propodeal declivity with two complete longitudinal keels, median area shiny, almost smooth, with few irregular slight keels, less rugose than lateral areas ( Fig. 8D ). Distal apex of aedeagus not tridentate, not trumpet-shaped, basivolsella with one subdistal bristle and with outer basal process little or very protruding ( Fig. 3C ).

Female

Not collected in Iran.

REMARKS

In many male specimens from England (Awbridge), head and body brown-testaceous, except mandible, clypeus and few small spots situated between antennal toruli and on gena whitish or yellowish; other specimens from above mentioned locality testaceous-reddish. In other specimens from all countries where this species is present, head occasionally completely black, without light spots.

Figures

FIG. 3. — Male genitalia: A, Anteon abdulnouri Olmi, 1987 (Yemen – Redrawn from Olmi & Van Harten 2000); B, Anteon pubicorne (Dalman, 1818) (England – redrawn from Olmi, 1984); C, Aphelopus melaleucus (Dalman, 1818) (France – original drawing); D, Aphelopus orphanidesi Olmi, in Olmi & Orphanides 1994 (Holotype, Cyprus – redrawn from Olmi & Orphanides 1994); E, Bocchus hyalinus Olmi, 1998 (Oman – redrawn from Olmi et al. 2019); F, Dryinus tamaricicola Rakhshani & Olmi, in Derafshan et al. 2016 (Iran – original drawing). Scale bars: A-E, 50 μm; F, 100 μm.

FIG. 8. — Aphelopus melaleucus (Dalman, 1818),male:A, head,frontal view; B, head,dorsal view;C, mesosoma,dorsal view; D, metapectal-propodeal complex, dorsal view; E, fore wing; F, habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: A-D, 300 μm; E, F, 500 μm.

FIG. 13. – Distribution map of the Iranian Anteoninae R. Perkins, 1912 (A): Anteon abdulnouri Olmi, 1987; Anteon pubicorne (Dalman, 1818) and Aphelopinae R. Perkins, 1912 (B): Aphelopus melaleucus (Dalman, 1818); Aphelopus orphanidesi Olmi, in Olmi & Orphanides 1994 (Hym., Dryinidae) in a worldwide background.