Perserimerus marginalis Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.97.115028 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E3E12CA8-9EDB-4B2C-8185-5EFAFF267471 |
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Perserimerus marginalis Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus |
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sp. nov. |
Perserimerus marginalis Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus sp. nov.
Figs 1 View Figure 1 , 2 View Figure 2
Material examined.
Holotype: Iran • ♀; Sistan & Bluchestan province , near to Hamun Lake, 30.iv.2015, sweeping net on Tamarix , E. Rakhshani leg. (deposited in HMIM).
Etymology.
The species name refers to the unique shape of the marginal and postmarginal veins.
Description.
Female (Fig. 1A View Figure 1 ): Body length including ovipositor 1.24 mm; length of ovipositor 0.18 mm.
Colour. Head, mesosoma, metasoma and all coxae metallic green, dorsally with coppery, laterally with coopery to dark blue violet reflection (Fig. 1A View Figure 1 ). Pedicel brown with metallic reflection. Scape, tegula, all femora distally, entire fore- and mesotibia, metatibia apically and distally, tarsi and wing venation pale yellow. Flagellum dark brown with apical part of clava bright brown to yellow, pro- and mesofemur and metatibia medially brown. Metafemur dark with metallic reflection. Fore wing hyaline, setae brown.
Head. Head 1.36 × as broad as high; 1.88 × as broad as long; 1.12 × as broad as mesonotum at its widest part in dorsal view. Temple short, strongly converging, 0.23 × as long as eye. Eyes separated by 1.06 × their own height, eye 1.78 × as high as long. Head with fine reticulate sculpture with thin, short, pale setae on face, vertex and temple; scrobes more finely reticulate, without setae. Clypeus with anterior margin nearly straight; ventral part of clypeus smooth. Malar space 0.41 × as long as eye height. Occipital carina absent (Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ). POL 3 × OOL, OOL 0.56 × LOL.
Antenna (Fig. 2A View Figure 2 ). Scape 5.38 × as long as broad, not reaching ventral margin of anterior ocellus; pedicel 1.25 × as long as broad; toruli inserted slightly above ventral level of eye. Combined length of pedicel and flagellum shorter than breadth of head (0.78 × as long as breadth of head). Flagellum with three ring-like anelli, distinctly wider than long; first anellus (anl1) smaller, other gradually larger toward third one; remaining flagellomeres distinctly transverse, with Fu1 1.66 × as broad as long, as wide as pedicel; fu2-fu5 of about same dimensions, 2.00-2.33 × as broad as long, bearing only one row of MPS; clava 2 × longer than broad, with three clavomeres (clv1-clv3) and terminal spine; antennal formula 1,1,3,5,3 (Fig. 2A View Figure 2 ).
Mesosoma (Fig. 1A, B View Figure 1 ). Mesosoma 1.35 × as long as broad. Pronotum 0.82 × as broad as mesoscutum. Pronotum and mesoscutum entirely reticulate, and covered with thin, short, pale setae. Notauli complete, distinct and not obliterated by sculpture. Mesoscutellum 1.11 × as long as broad, without frenal area, broadly abutting mesoscutum and separating axillae. Mesoscutellum and axilla more sparsely covered with setae. Hind leg with coxa 1.85 × as long as broad, alutaceous, with sparse setae dorsally and ventrally; metafemur 3.8 × as long as broad, simple, without subapical tooth; metatibia 4.25 × as long as broad, with one apical spur. Fore wing 1.94 × as long as wide, hyaline, with dense brown setae on distal half; speculum broad and reach below marginal vein; costal cell bare; marginal vein 1.8 × as long as postmarginal vein and 4.5 × as long as stigmal vein; marginal and postmarginal veins distinctly triangularly enlarged, 2.25 × and 2.6 × as long as broad, respectively; stigmal vein very short and stigma nearly closes to marginal and postmarginal veins (Fig. 2B View Figure 2 ).
Metasoma (Figs 1A, B View Figure 1 ) excluding ovipositor 1.14 × as long as mesosoma. Petiole very short. Gaster with shallow alutaceous sculpture; Gt1-Gt6 not incised medially; tip of hypopygium almost reaching two-third of gaster; ovipositor short, 0.31 × as long as gaster. OI 0.79.
Male. Unknown.
Distribution.
Palaearctic: Iran.
Biological association.
This species was swept on Tamarix and could be parasitoid of associates of this shrub, such as gall-makers or other phytophages.
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