Sphegigaster pedunculiventris (Spinola, 1808)

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 : 20-21

Sphegigaster pedunculiventris (Spinola, 1808)

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Kerman province, Kahnuj, Tomgoran , 28°01′48.2″ N ,

57°44′22.2″ E, h= 528m, Malaise trap, 5-11.IV 2017, 1♂, leg. M. Changizi.

antenna; C – head, frontal view; D – mesosoma, dorsal view; E – fore wing.

SHORT DESCRIPTION. Body either bright blue; antennal formula 1, 1, 2, 6, 3, antenna inserted below center of face, all funicular segments longer than wide, suture of clava not oblique, clypeal margin with 2 sharply teeth; mesosoma convex, pronotum distinctly margined,

notauli incomplete, propodeum without median carina; fore wing with dense pubescence beyond speculum, marginal vein not thickened; metasoma on distinct petiole, petiole longer than propodeum and dorsally with distinct dense reticulation, tergite 1 and 2 large, middle part of posterior margin of 1 st abdominal tergite truncate.

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

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic region (Noyes, 2020).

HOSTS. The hosts of this species in Iran are unknown. Sphegigaster pedunculiventris is reported mainly from species of Agromyzidae (Diptera) such as Agromyza aeneoventris Fallén,

1823, Melanagromyza aeneoventris (Fallén, 1923) , Melanagromyza albocilia Hendel, 1931 ,

Melanagromyza lappae (Loew, 1850) , and Napomyza lateralis (Fallén, 1823) (Noyes, 2020) .

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Fig. 5. Sphegigaster pedunculiventris (Spinola, 1808), male. A – body, lateral view; B –