Helorus ruficornis Förster, 1856

Izadizadeh, Mohammad, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2015, First record of the family Heloridae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Iran, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3946 (4), pp. 577-582 : 580

Helorus ruficornis Förster, 1856

Material examined. Iran, Mazandaran province, Noor, Chamestan, Tangehvaz (36º18′51.42″N, 52º07′48.00″E, 1353 m a.s.l.), 28-VI-2011, 3♂, M. Khairandish.

Diagnosis. Length of body 4.1–5.1 mm; length of fore wing 3.1–3.6 mm; antenna yellowish brown; length of eye in dorsal view 1.25× as long as temple height ( Fig. 4 A); mesoscutum punctate, notauli deep and finely crenulate ( Fig. 4 B); propodeum reticulate; pterostigma stout, 2.4–2.6× as long as wide ( Fig. 3 B); legs (except hind coxa) yellowish-brown ( Fig. 4 A); first metasomal segment slender, in dorsal and lateral view 3–3.3 times as long as its maximum width ( Figs 4 C, 4D); syntergite basally slender.

Distribution. Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Pakistan, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and U.S.A. ( Townes 1977; van Achterberg 2006) and Iran (new record).

Biology. This species is a larval endoparasitoid of Dichochrysa ventralis (Curtis, 1834) and Pseudomallada prasinus (Burmeister, 183) ( Townes 1977).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Helorus ruficornis Foerster, 1856. A. Lateral aspect of male general habitus, B. Fore wing.

FIGURE 4. Helorus ruficornis Förster, 1856. A. Dorsal aspect of head, B. dorsal aspect of mesosoma, C. Dorsal aspect of metasoma, D. Lateral aspect of metasoma.