Aphelopus orphanidesi Olmi, 1994

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 : 573-575

Aphelopus orphanidesi Olmi, 1994 *

( Figs 3D ; 9 , 10 )

Aphelopus orphanidesi Olmi , in Olmi & Orphanides, 1994: 408.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Cyprus, Pakhna (holotype ♂ and paratype ♀, AMNH).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Holotype. Cyprus • ♂; AMNH; Pakhna II.1993.

Paratypes. Cyprus • 7 ♀; AMNH; Pakhna ; II.1993; G. Orphanides leg.; reared from Zygina rhamni Ferrari • 6 ♂; AMNH • 1 ♂; USNM ; • 2 ♂, 2♀; MRSN; same date and locality label • 1 ♀; NHMUK; same date and locality label .

France • 1 ♀; NHMUK; Bouches-du-Rhône, Fonscolombe; 24.VI.1986; M. de V. Graham leg. • 3 ♂; MOLC, HTC; Pyrénées-Orientales, Le Perthus; 42°27.04’N, 02°51.82’E; 1.VIII.1995; J. P. Sarthou leg.; Malaise trap .

Germany (new record) • 1 ♀; MOLC; Schleswig-Holstein, Frörup S of Flensbu Forest ; Werner Barkemeyer leg.; L2727; ex Michael von Tschirnhaus collection • 1 ♀; MTC; 1.5 km NNE of Tensfeld ; 54°03.37’N, 10°19.33’E; 2.V.1989; Hans Meyer leg.; K965; ex Michael von Tschirnhaus collection .

Iran (new record) • 10 ♂; 1 ♀; MOLC, DPPZ; Isfahan province, Nisian ; 32°59’5.61”N, 52°28’13.91”E; 2191 m; 8-28.VIII.2015; E. Nader leg.; code-17; Malaise trap in orchards • 4 ♂; DPPZ; same locality label; 7-31.VII.2015; code-7 • 3 ♂; MNHN; same locality label; 8-21.VII.2015; code-14 • 1 ♂; MOLC; Isfahan province, Najafabad ; 32°39’N, 51°23’E; 1644 m; 7-31.VII.2015; E. Nader leg.; code-9; Malaise trap in orchards .

Italy • 1 ♀ 1 ♂; MOLC; Toscana, Livorno province, Venturina ; 8-17.VIII.1998 to 17-31.VIII.1998; 17.VIII–2.IX.1999 to 2-10. IX.1999; F. Strumia leg.; Malaise trap .

Norway • Frode Ødegaard leg.; NUM .

Sweden (new record) • 1 ♂; ZIL; Sk., Dalby; 14-20.VIII.2001; R. Danielsson leg.; yellow pan trap .

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN ( Fig. 13B ). — Isfahan province.

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

DESCRIPTION

Female ( Fig. 9 A-F)

Black; antenna brown or brown-testaceous, except scape and pedicel yellow ( Fig. 9A ). Antennomeres in following proportions: 4:3:4:4:5:5:4.5:4:4:6. Head dull, granulate ( Fig. 9A, B ); frontal line incomplete, only a trace present in anterior third of frons ( Fig. 9A ). Mesoscutum dull, granulate ( Fig. 9C ); notauli reaching approximately 0.4 × length of mesoscutum ( Fig. 9C ); metapectal-propodeal complex with disc reticulate rugose ( Fig. 9D ); propodeal declivity with wide median area shiny, almost completely unsculptured, surrounded by rugose areolae ( Fig. 9D ). 2r-rs&Rs vein regularly curved ( Fig. 9E ).

Male ( Figs 3D ; 10 ).

Head dull, granulate ( Fig. 10A, B ); frontal line incomplete, only present in anterior third of frons ( Fig. 10A ). Mesoscutum dull, granulate ( Fig. 10C ); notauli reaching approximately 0.4 × length of mesoscutum ( Fig. 10C ); mesoscutellum shiny, slightly granulate ( Fig. 10C ); metanotum shiny, unsculptured; metapectal-propodeal complex dull, with disc reticulate rugose ( Fig. 10D ). Propodeal declivity almost completely shiny, unsculptured, surrounded by numerous rugose areolae. 2r-rs&Rs vein regularly curved ( Fig. 10E ). Distal apex of aedeagus not tridentate; basivolsella with two subdistal bristles and with an outer basal process ( Fig. 3D ).

REMARKS

This species is recorded from Germany and Sweden for the first time. In specimen from Sweden, Dalby, a basivolsella has two subdistal bristles, whereas the other basivolsella has only one subdistal bristle.

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. 9. — Aphelopus orphanidesi Olmi, 1994, female: A, head, frontal view; B, head, dorsal view; C, mesosoma, dorsal view; D, metapectal-propodeal complex, dorsal view; E, fore wing; F, habitus, dorsal view. Scale bars: A-D, 300 μm; E, F, 500 μm.

FIG. 10. — Aphelopus orphanidesi Olmi, 1994, 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.