Simophion calvus Viktorov, 1961

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 : 196

Simophion calvus Viktorov, 1961

Simophion calvus Viktorov, 1961: 170–171 ; Figs 2 , 9 , 13b , 14b, 14d . Holotype ♀ from Turkmenistan in ZIN, not examined.

Material examined: IRAN: 1♀, Hormozgan Province, Bushehr, Khormuj, Lavar , 5 Dec. 1996, 170 m . a. s., Ebra. / Badii / Parch. leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Lorestan Province, 10 km, SW Dorud, 33˚27"N, 49˚05"E, 1520 m. a. s., 27 May 2014, J. Halada leg. ( OÖLM) .

Remarks: Simophion is distinguished from other genera by the absence of epicnemial carina, the polished and completely uncarinated propodeum and the strongly bent radius right before the junction with the pterostigma (in this respect similar to Eremotylus ). A desert species previously recorded from Iran ( Horstmann 1981b, Baraohei et al 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Enicospilus affectatus Shestakov, 1926, lectotype ♀ (ZIN).A) Habitus, lateral view; B) head, anterior view; C) alar sclerites; D) labels. Photos: Andrey Khalaim.

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 13. Ophion klimenkoi Johansson sp. nov., holotype ♀ (ZSM). A) Habitus, lateral view; B) propodeum, dorsal view; C) head, anterior view; D) epicnemial carina, ventrolateral view; E) face, anterolateral view. Photos: Niklas Johansson.

FIGURE 14. Ophion persicus Johansson sp. nov., holotype ♀ (HMIM). A) Habitus, lateral view; B) mandibles; C) head, anterior view; D) head, lateral view. Photos: Niklas Johansson.