Temelucha ophthalmica ( Holmgren, 1860 )

B, Maryam Zardouei Heydari, Rakhshani, Ehsan, B, Azizollah Mokhtari, Received, Martin Schwarz B, Online, Published & Version, Final, 2020, A faunistic overview of Temelucha Förster (Hym., Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae) in Iran, Turkish Journal of Zoology 44 (4), pp. 355-374 : 364-368

Temelucha ophthalmica ( Holmgren, 1860) * Cremastus ophthalmicus Holmgren 1860 . Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 2 (8): 108. Holotype ♀. — Swedish Museum of Natural History , Sweden.

Material examined: 1♀ ( DPPZ), IRAN, Kerman Province, Tarj (28°28‘40“N, 57°50‘28“E, 595 m), swept on Citrus tree, 25.03.2014 ; 1♀ ( DPPZ), IRAN, Kerman Province, Karim Abad (30°17‘41“N, 58°00‘27“E, 262 m), swept on Cucumis sativus , 04.04.2014, leg.: N. Amirinasab ; 2♀ ( DPPZ), IRAN, Guilan Province, Rasht- Damash (36°45‘21“N, 49°47‘53“E, 1748 m), swept on weeds, 16.04.2014, leg.: E. Rakhshani ; 1♀ ( DPPZ), IRAN, Kermanshah Province, Songhor (34°45‘40“N, 47°24‘00“E, 1653 m), swept on Medicago sativa , 16.08.2013, leg.: Z. Sharifi.

Distribution in Iran: Guilan, Kerman and Kermanshah Provinces.

Distribution: Palaearctic [ Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Iran (new record), Italy, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom].

Diagnosis (Female). Body 5–6 mm, fore wing 3.7– 4.0 mm, ovipositor 3.5–4.0 mm. Temple short, strongly constricted behind eyes in lateral view ( Figure 7a ). Clypeus with distinctly curved apical margin ( Figure 7b ). Malar space about 1.35× as long as basal width of mandible. Eyes parallel. Lateral ocellus diameter longer than the distance between lateral ocellus and eye ( Figure 7c ). Mesoscutum with dense punctures ( Figure 7d ). Basal area of propodeum triangular-shaped ( Figure 7e ). Areola and petiolar area distinctly separated. Areola and petiolar area wide, covered with dense transverse striation. Median longitudinal carinae weakly convergent in middle. Second lateral area punctate. Fore wing with vein 2 m-cu postfurcal. Basal abscissa of M + Cu pigmented. Ventral margins of the first tergite touching each other. Apex of ovipositor sinuous ( Figure 7f ). Body black; vertical orbits whitish yellow, temporal orbits and clypeus yellowish brown. Fore legs yellow. Mid and hind legs white with brown patterns. Second to seventh tergites black basally then yellowish brown toward the apical and lateral edges.

Temelucha persicator Horstmann & Yu, 1999

Cremastus similis Hedwig 1957 . Jahresheft des Vereins für Vaterlaendische Naturkunde, 112 (1): 109. Holotype ♂. — National Museum of Natural History Stuttgart Rosenstein, Germany.

Material from Iran: Not examined.

Distribution in Iran: Guilan Province ( Masnadi-Yazdinejad and Jussila, 2009).

Distribution: Afrotropical ( Saudi Arabia) and Palaearctic ( Iran).

Temelucha pseudocaudata Kolarov, 1982 *

Temelucha pseudocaudata Kolarov, 1982 . Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 19: 68. Holotype ♀. — Department of Zoology , University of Sofia, Bulgaria.

Material examined: 1♀ ( DPPZ), IRAN, Sistan-o Baluchestan Province, Khash, Nikshahr-Pip (26°14‘06“N, 60°13‘42“E, 906 m), Malaise trap situated in orchard, 17.06.2016 ; 1♀ ( DPPZ), same collecting data, 14.07.2016, leg.: M. GhafouriMoghadam ; 1♀ ( DPPZ), IRAN, Kerman Province, Karim Abad (30°17‘41“N, 58°00‘27“E, 262 m), Malaise trap in Citrus Orchard , 10.04.2014, leg.: N. Amirinasab; “ T. caudate (Szepligeti) ” , 1♀ ( TMUC), IRAN, Hormozgan Province, Roodan, Faryab (27°28‘58“N, 57°04‘24“E, 321 m), 18.03.2013, Malaise trap, leg.: A. Ameri, Det: A. Amiri .

Distribution in Iran: Hormozgan, Kerman and Sistan-o Baluchestan Provinces.

Distribution: Palaearctic [ Bulgaria, Iran (new record), Turkey].

Diagnosis (Female). Body 7.8–8 mm, fore wing 4–4.2 mm, ovipositor 4.6–5.4 mm. Temple short, constricted behind eyes in lateral view ( Figure 8a ). Clypeus with straight apical margin ( Figure 8b ). Malar space about 0.75× as long as basal width of mandible. Eye straight. Lateral ocellus diameter shorter than the distance between lateral ocellus and eye ( Figure 8c ). Mesoscutum with dense punctures ( Figure 8d ). Basal area of propodeum triangular-shaped ( Figure 8e ). Areola and petiolar area not separated. Areola and petiolar area wide. Areola smooth. Petiolar area covered with transverse striation. Median longitudinal carinae weakly convergent in middle. Second lateral area punctate. Fore wing with vein 2 m -cu postfurcal. Ventral margins of the first tergite not touching each other. Apex of ovipositor weakly down-curved ( Figure 8f ). Body black; mandibles, frontal and temporal orbits yellow. Clypeus brown. Legs yellow with the blackish pattern. Third to seventh tergites with narrow yellow bands on posterior margin.

Temelucha schoenobia ( Thomson, 1890)

Cremastus schoenobius Thomson, 1890 . Opuscula Entomologica. Lundae: 1446. Lectotype ♀. — Zoologiska Institutionen , Helgonavägen, Lund, Sweden.

Material examined: 1♀ ( ZSM), Plovdiv , 09.08.1968, leg.: Germanov. Det: J. Kolarov; “ Temelucha schoenobia Thomson ” , 1 ♀ ( TMUC), IRAN, Hormozgan Province, Minab (27°08‘42“N, 57°04‘42“E, 42 m), Malaise trap, 05.04.2012, leg.: A. Ameri, Det: A. Amiri .

Distribution in Iran: Golestan Province ( Masnadi-Yazdinejad and Jussila, 2009).

Distribution: Palaearctic ( Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Iran, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, Turkmenistan).

Diagnosis (Female). Body 6 mm, fore wing 3.5 mm, ovipositor 2.7 mm. Temple short, strongly constricted behind eyes in lateral view ( Figure 9a ). Clypeus with distinctly curved apical margin ( Figure 9b ), Malar space about 0.9× as long as basal width of mandible. Eyes parallel ventrally. Lateral ocellus diameter shorter than the distance between lateral ocellus and eye ( Figure 9c ). Mesoscutum with weak punctures ( Figure 9d ). Basal area of propodeum triangular-shaped ( Figure 9e ). Areola and petiolar area distinctly separated. Areola narrower than the petiolar area and smooth and petiolar area covered with dense transverse striation. Median longitudinal carinae convergent in

ZARDOUEI HEYDARI et al. / Turk J Zool the middle. Second lateral area punctate. Fore wing with vein 2 m-cu postfurcal. Ventral margins of the first tergite touching each other. Apex of ovipositor distinctly down-curved ( Figure 9f ). Body yellowish to reddish; antenna, area of ocelli, median and lateral lobes of mesoscutum, basal area, first and second lateral area, areola area black. Legs yellowish. Tergites with black patches in its base and middle, then reddish toward the apical and lateral edges.

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Remarks: Reexamination of the specimen of “ Temelucha schoenobia Thomson ”, 1♀ (TMUC) ( Amiri et al. 2015), revealed significant differences with characters indicated in the keys and original description. This specimen clearly runs to T. decorata by the following characters: the length of mesosoma 1.8× times its width, lateral ocellus diameter shorter than the distance between lateral ocellus and eye, mesoscutum densely punctate.

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Figures

Figure 7. External morphological characters of Temelucha ophthalmica (Holmgren, 1860)– Female: a) head, lateral view; b) head, frontal view; c) head, dorsal view; d) mesoscutum, dorsal view; e) propodeum, dorsal view; f) general habitus, lateral view.

Figure 8. External morphological characters of Temelucha pseudocaudata Kolarov, 1982– Female: a) head, lateral view; b) head, frontal view; c) head, dorsal view; d) mesoscutum, dorsal view; e) propodeum, dorsal view; f) general habitus, lateral view.

Figure 9. External morphological characters of Temelucha schoenobia (Thomson, 1890)– Female: a) head, lateral view; b) head, frontal view; c) head, dorsal view; d) mesoscutum, dorsal view; e) propodeum, dorsal view; f) general habitus, lateral view.