Temelucha brunneomaculata, Riedel & Ameri & Talebi & Ebrahimi, 2019

Riedel, Matthias, Ameri, Ali, Talebi, Ali Asghar & Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, 2019, Contribution to the Ɨchneumonidae (Hymenoptera) oI Ɨran, with descriptions oI seven new species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 361-390 : 370-371

Temelucha brunneomaculata nov.sp. (figs 19-21)

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: ♀ ̎ Iran: Markazi Prov., Arak, Haftad-Gholleh, Protected area , Chekab valley , 1872 m, N 34°08́06.5́́ E 50°10́59.6́́, Malaise trap, May, 6-10, 2018, M. Parachami-Araghi ̎ ( ZSM, Munich).

D e s c r i p t i o n: ♀: Body length (without ovipositor) 7 mm. Antenna with 30 flagellomeres, filiform; 1 st flagellomere 4.6x longer than wide, preapical flagellomere square. Temple roundly narrowed behind eye, seen dorsally c.0.35x as long as eye. Distance of eye to lateral ocellus 1.1x ocellar diameter. Face densely punctate, shining. Inner eye margins slightly divergent ventrally. Clypeus slightly convex, with scattered punctures, strongly shining, apical margin rounded. Malar space length 0.7x width of mandibular base. Mandible with two equally sized teeth.

Side of pronotum punctate, partly rugose-punctate. Mesoscutum with dense and coarse punctures, shining. Mesopleuron densely punctate, rim frontally to smooth speculum with fine striae. Metapleuron densely punctate. Scutellum slightly longer than wide. Propodeum carinate, lateral fields with coarse punctures. Area basalis trapezoid, wider than long. Area superomedia c.1.6x longer than wide, confluent with area petiolaris; both with transverse striae. Costula present. Hind femur 5.0x longer than wide. Hind claw

with two basal teeth. Areolet open distally, 2nd recurrent vein postfurcal. Nervulus slightly antefurcal (by 1x its

width). Distal part of radial vein slightly sinusoid. Nervellus of hind wing interstitial, not interupted, discoidella absent.

1 st tergite c.1.2x longer than 2 nd one. Petiolus smooth and shining, postpetiolus with fine striation. 2 nd tergite 3.2x longer than wide, finely and completely striate. Following tergites granulate and with scattered superficial punctures. Ovipositor c.0.8x as long as fore wing and 1.9x as long as hind tibia, tip slightly bent ventrally.

Color: Mainly yellowish. Black are tip of mandible, inner margins of ocelli, scutoscutellar groove and lateral margins of apical mesoscutum and scutellum, basal margin and basomedian spot on propodeum, petiolus, median stripe on 2 nd tergite in basal half and basal band on 3 rd tergite. Pale brown are flagellum, anteromedian and lateral stripes on mesoscutum, diffuse spots on postpetiolus, subapical band on 2 nd tergite and wide basal bands on following tergites. Legs yellowish; hind femur with external brownish stripe, hind tibia with blackish subbasal and apical bands; hind tarsus brownish. Ovipositor sheath dark brown. Wings hyaline, pterostigma ochreous.

♂ unknown.

Remark: This new taxon runs to Temelucha dorsonigra ( HEDWIG, 1957) in the recent key by VAS (2016) but differs by the caudally open area superomedia, antefurcal nervulus in fore wing, and different color pattern of the metasoma and legs.