Perilampus laevifrons, Dalman, 1822

Darling, D. Christopher & Yoo, Jeong, 2021, The Perilampidae of the United Arab Emirates and Yemen (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Zootaxa 5020 (1), pp. 101-129 : 110

Perilampus laevifrons / chrysopae species group

The P. laevifrons aggregate or group in the Palaearctic region ( Kerrich 1958; Bouček 1983) and the P. chrysopae group in the western hemisphere (Smulyan 1936) are, where known, primary parasitoids of Chrysopidae (Neuroptera) . These species are recognized by head in anterior view transverse ( Fig. 5B ), short malar space ( Fig. 4A , arrow; Darling 1995, fig. 7), narrow prepectus ( Fig. 4I ), and petiole with small, raised scale ( Figs 4C, 4D , arrow).

The specimens from the UAE are similar to P. laevifrons group specimens from Mongolia identified as P. noem i by Bouček (1983) and Fig. 5 illustrates a male of P. noem i identified by Bouček ( ROME148145 - HNHM, Appendix 1). Comparisons with UAE specimens are based on 2 males and 2 females from Mongolia (including 1 female, ROME188144 - HNHM, Appendix 1) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Perilampus khor. A, habitus, lateral view; B, mesosoma, dorsal view; C, propodeum; D, propodeum, male; E, fore wing venation; F, head, dorsal view; G, clypeus, female; H, clypeus, male; I, prepectus; J and K. scape, male. [A, B, E, I: Holotype, ROME174258; C: Paratype, ROME174260; D: Paratype, ROME174262; F: ROME174227; G: Paratype, ROME174224; H and J: Paratype, ROME174263; K: Paratype, ROME174257]

FIGURE 5. Perilampus noemi. A, head, dorsal view, male; B, head, frontal view, male; C, propodeum, male; D, scape, male. [A‒D: ROME188145, det. Bouček 1982]