Anagyrus, Howard, 1896

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 : 4

Anagyrus near alienus Japoshvili, 2012

Fig. 1

Material examined

IRAN – West-Azarbaijan Province • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Urmia, Häshtïan ; 37º47′ N, 44º39′ E; 1680 m a.s.l.; Apr. –early May 2017; Y. Karimpour leg., ex Phragmites australis ; HMIM • 3 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; Urmia, Hesar-e Türkmän ; 37º26′ N, 45º13′ E; 1293 m a.s.l.; Apr. 2017; Y. Karimpour leg., ex Phragmites australis ; HMIM • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Urmia, Täzehkand-e Qäterchï ; 37º39′ N, 44º58′ E; 1335 m a.s.l.; Apr. –early May 2017; Y. Karimpour leg., ex Phragmites australis ; HMIM .

Remarks

Our specimens possess all the diagnostic characters of A. alienus , but the females are slightly larger (2.2 mm) than the type specimens of A. alienus (1.7 mm). Furthermore, the scape ( Fig. 1B ) is also slightly wider than in A. alienus (about 2.5 × vs 3.3× as long as broad in A. alienus ), consequently our specimens could represent an undescribed species. Anagyrus alienus was previously known from Turkey and our sampling locality is close to the type locality. The biology of A. alienus is unknown ( Japoshvili 2012). Our sampling reveals an association of A. near alienus with P. australis , on which it is associated with a species of Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera) that appears to be a pest of P. australis .

Figures

Fig. 1. Anagyrus near alienus Japoshvili, 2012. A. Female body in lateral view. B. Right antenna of female. C. Male body in lateral view. D. Left antenna of male.