Neococcidencyrtus poutiersi (Mercet, 1922)

Fig. 5

Material examined

IRAN • 1 ♀; West-Azarbaijan Province, Urmia, Häshtïan; 37º47′ N, 44º39′ E; 1680 m a.s.l.; Apr. 2017; Y. Karimpour leg.; ex Phragmites australis; HMIM .

Remarks

This species is only known from Turkmenistan and is a parasitoid of Diaspididae Targioni-Tozzetti, 1868 ( Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758) (Noyes 1987, 2020). This is the first record for Iran.

The species is about 2 mm long; brachypterous (Fig. 5 A–B), fore wing mostly infuscate with interrupted hyaline fascia, venation extending over at least two-thirds of wing, linea calva interrupted by 2–3 setae; fronto-vertex in dorsal view narrower than the eye width (Fig. 5B); funicle in female 6-segmented, F6 about 2 × as broad as the first segment and much broader than the pedicel (Fig. 5C).