Torymus arundinis (Walker, 1833)

Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Karimpour, Younes, Delvare, Gérard & Rasplus, Jean-Yves, 2020, Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) obtained from common reed, Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (Poaceae) in Iran with new records and descriptions of two new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 710, pp. 1-35 : 28-29

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.

Figures

Fig. 17. Torymus arundinis (Walker, 1833). A. Female in lateral view. B.Antenna of female. C. Mesosoma in lateral view. D. Female in dorsal view.