Coelopisthia areolata Askew, 1980

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 : 15-16

Coelopisthia areolata Askew, 1980

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Kerman province, Bam , 29°06′0.17″ N, 58°19′44″ E ,

h= 1111m, Malaise trap, 22.V–4.VII 2017, 1♀, leg. M. Purrezaali; Jiroft, Dalfard, 29°01′31.4″

N, 57°36′56.1″ E, h= 2390m), Malaise trap, 17.VI–27.VIII 2017, 2♀, leg. S.M. Madjdzadeh.

SHORT DESCRIPTION. Body dark blue; clypeus finely reticulate, clypeal margin symmetric, antennal formula 1, 1, 2, 6, 3, the second anelli subquadrate, clava rounded at apex, face protuberant at antennal insertion, scape not reaching median ocellus; mesosoma slightly flattened, pronotal collar with a weakly elevated and rounded anterior margin and with a shining posterior strip, notauli incomplete, propodeal plicae complete and median area between them sculptured, propodeum with short nucha, entire thoracic pleura except upper mesepimeron reticulate; fore wing apical fringe reduced in anterior part, marginal vein slender, postmarginal vein about as long as stigmal vein; metasoma sessile and round, basal tergite posterior edge weakly sinuate.

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

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic region (Noyes, 2020).

HOSTS. The hosts of this species are unknown.

Figures

Fig. 1. Coelopisthia areolata Askew, 1980, female. A – body, lateral view; B – antenna; C – head, frontal view; D – mesosoma, dorsal view; E – fore wing.