Neococcidencyrtus poutiersi (Mercet, 1922)

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 : 8-10

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 ).

Figures

Fig. 5. Neococcidencyrtus poutiersi (Mercet, 1922), ♀. A. Lateral view. B. Dorsal view. C. Antenna.