Ophion angularis Johansson & Cederberg, 2019

Johansson, Niklas, Ameri, Ali, Riedel, Matthias, Talebi, Ali Asghar & Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, 2021, Contribution to the Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Iran with the description of 16 new species and an illustrated key to the Eremotylus of the Western Palaearctic, Zootaxa 5023 (2), pp. 151-206 : 170

Ophion angularis Johansson & Cederberg, 2019

Ophion angularis Johansson & Cederberg, 2019: 37 ; Figs 9F , 22 . Type ♀ in NHRS, examined.

Material examined: IRAN: 1♀, 3♂♂, Golestan Province, 20 km S Gorgan city, 36˚43’N, 54˚35’E, 700 m . a. s., 10 May 2009, A. Klimenko leg. ( MR) .

Remarks: Recently described from Northern Europe and the species has since also been recorded from Central and Southern Europe. It seem to prefer semi open xerothermic areas, but the host is still unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 9. A) Ophion al Johansson sp. nov., holotype ♀ (HMIM) in lateral view; B) Ophion al sp. nov. paratype female, head in anterior view; C) Ophion bipictor Aubert, female from Iran, head in anterior view; D) Ophion al sp. nov paratype female, mesopleuron and pleurosternal angles in lateroventral view; E) Ophion al sp. nov., paratype female, mesosoma and head in lateral view; F) Ophion bipictor Aubert, mesosoma and head in lateral view. Photos: Niklas Johansson.

FIGURE 22. Ophion xrafstra Johansson sp. nov. holotype ♀ (HMIM). A) habitus, lateral view; B) scutellum and propodeum, dorsal view; C) head, dorsal view; D) hind tarsal claws; E) head, anterior view. Photos: Niklas Johansson.