Sigmophora flammus YEFREMOVA & YEGORENKOVA, 2009

Shafiee, Sepideh, Hesami, Shahram, M, Seyed & Gheibi, Mehdi, 2015, New records of Eulophidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 741-747 : 744-745

Sigmophora flammus YEFREMOVA & YEGORENKOVA, 2009

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Iran: Kerman, Kouhpayeh, Derakhtangan, 30˚28´N ; 57˚18´E 1831m, 25.XIII.2012, swept on Medicago sativa (S. SHAFIEE), 13.

D i a g n o s i s Female: Malar sulcuswith triangular fovea below eye, narrower than in S. brevicornis , less than one-third the height of the malar space; transverse carina behind lateral ocelli, second transvers carina behind lateral ocelli, second transverse carina posterior to median ocellus; scape 5.6 times as long as broad; male antenna with whorled setae of F1 reaching to two-thirds the length of F3; metanotum rounded and about 4 times as broad as long; length of last gastral tergite 1.7 times as long as its basal breadth ( YEFREMOVA et al. 2009).

B i o l o g y: This species is considered as parasitoid of coffee leafminer, Leucoptera coffeella GUÉRIN- MENEVILLE, ( Lepidoptera : Lyonetiidae ) ( YEFREMOVA et al. 2009).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Yemen ( YEFREMOVA et al. 2009).