Pachyneuron gibbiscuta Thomson, 1878

Shojaey, M., Khayrandish, M., Madjdzadeh, S. M. & Lotfalizadeh, H., 2021, New records of Pteromalinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) from Iran, Far Eastern Entomologist 439, pp. 14-23 : 18-20

Pachyneuron gibbiscuta Thomson, 1878

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Kerman province, Jiroft, Bahram Abad , 28°19′00.5″ N ,

57°37′08.5″ E, h= 679m, Malaise trap, 9–29.IV 2017, 1♀, leg. S.M. Madjdzadeh; Kahnuj,

Gooch Abad, 28°02′38.5″ N, 57°46′30.3″ E, h= 531m, Malaise trap, 8–26.V 2017, 1♀, leg.

M. Changizi; Kahnuj, Tomgoran, 28°01′56.7″ N, 57°44′37.4″ E, h= 537m, swept on Medicago sativa , 5.IV 2017, 1♀, leg. M. Changizi; Kahnuj, Gooch Abad, 28°02′07.8″ N, 57°45′34.8″ E,

h= 528m, swept on Medicago sativa , 16.IX 2016, 2♀, leg. M. Changizi.

tenna; C – head, frontal view; D – mesosoma, dorsal view; E – metasoma, dorsal view; F –

fore wing.

SHORT DESCRIPTION. Body blue-green; metasoma with some bronze reflections; antennal formula 1, 1, 2, 6, 3, anelli obviously transverse, all funicular segments subquadrate,

clava without conspicuous micropilosity area, clypeal margin symmetric, occiput without carina; mesosoma dorsally moderately convex, mesoscutum and scutellum reticulate, notauli incomplete, propodeum with short nucha, propodeal plicae complete, entire thoracic pleura except upper mesepimeron reticulate; fore wing apical fringe, marginal vein widened distad,

postmarginal vein much longer than marginal vein; metasoma on distinct petiole, dorsal part of petiole almost smooth, margin of first tergite regularly arched.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Kerman province (new record for Iran).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic region (Noyes, 2020).

HOSTS. The hosts of this species in Iran are unknown. Pachyneuron gibbiscuta is reported mainly from species of Aphididae (Hemiptera) such as Myzus cerasi (Fabricius,

1775) (Noyes, 2020).

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Fig. 4. Pachyneuron gibbiscuta Thomson, 1878, female. A – body, lateral view; B – an-