Microcurgus, Haupt, 1950

Schmid-Egger, Christian, Enayatnina, Masoumeh & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2018, Review of the genus Microcurgus Haupt, 1950 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) with description of a new species from Iran, Zootaxa 4444 (5), pp. 530-536 : 531

Key to Palaearctic females of Microcurgus

1. Head (except eye margin), mesosoma, and abdominal tergites I–IV reddish with brown ( Fig. 1–4 ). Frons (in lateral view) flat, not protruding between the eyes ( Fig. 4 ). Vertex (in frontal view) flat ( Fig. 3 ). Egypt and Tunisia.. M. braconoides (Priesner)

- Body pale yellow ( Fig. 7–8 ). Frons (in lateral view) thick, protruding between eyes ( Fig. 11 ). Vertex (in frontal view) with medial elevation ( Fig. 9 ). Iran.................................................. M. iraniensis Schmid-Egger sp.n.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Microcurgus braconoides, female. 1. Mesosoma, dorsal view. 2. Habitus, lateral view. 3. Head, frontal view. 4. Head, lateral view. 5. Foreleg. 6. Right forewing, ventral view.

FIGURES 7–11. Microcurgus iraniensis sp. n., holotype, female. 7. Habitus, lateral view. 8. Mesosoma, dorsal view. 9. Head, frontal view. 10. Left antenna. 11. Head and pronotum, lateral view.