Torymus arundinis (Walker, 1833)

Fig. 17

Material examined

IRAN • 2 ♀♀; West-Azarbaijan Province, Urmia, Kelïsä Kandï; 37º29′ N, 45º01′ E; 1600 m a.s.l.; Apr. 2017; Y. Karimpour leg.; ex Phragmites australis; HMIM .

Remarks

Torymus arundinis is widely distributed in Europe, but has not yet been reported from the Middle East (Noyes 2020), our specimens represent a new record for Iran. The species may be a parasitoid of Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) on P. australis .

Body length 3.40 mm (including ovipositor, 7.5 mm), ovipositor longer than body (18:15) (Fig. 17A); scape relatively short, not reaching above vertex, all funicular segments longer than wide, F1 longer than F2 (34:30) (Fig. 17B); scutellum without any frenal indication, entirely reticulate, with some piliferous punctures in lateral and dorsal margins (Fig. 17 D–E); propodeum (Fig. 17E) with slightly engraved sculpture; hind coxae pilose dorsally in basal half (Fig. 17C); below the cubital line of fore wing with 2–3 rows of setae; metasoma with very long basal sternite, reaching about half the length of the metasoma ventrally.