Dryinus gharaeii Olmi, 2005

Derafshan, Hossein Ali, Rakhshani, Ehsan & Olmi, Massimo, 2016, A review of the genus Dryinus Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Dryinidae) from Iran, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4117 (3), pp. 411-420 : 412

Dryinus gharaeii Olmi, 2005

Material examined. Holotype, ♀, IRAN: Ilam Prov., Chogasabz Region, Ilam, 1.IX.2003, Babak Gharaei leg. ( MOLC).

Distribution. Iran: Ilam ( Olmi 2005).

Hosts. Unknown.

Remarks. Dryinus gharaeii is very different from the most common Western Palaearctic species of group 3, D. niger ( Kieffer, 1904) , based on the morphology of the chela, as follows:

1 Enlarged claw with one row of proximal and medial lamellae ( Fig. 2 A)............................. D. gharaeii Olmi

- Enlarged claw with one or more small lamellae situated near distal apex (Fig. 165 in Olmi 1999)........ D. niger (Kieffer)

Figures

FIGURE 2. Chela. A. Dryinus gharaeii Olmi, holotype (from: Olmi 2005); B. D. tamaricicola sp. nov., holotype; C. D. tarraconensis Marshall, France, Orléans (from: Olmi & Xu 2015).