Homoporus apharetus (Walker, 1839)

Shojaey, M., Khayrandish, M., Madjdzadeh, S. M. & Lotfalizadeh, H., 2021, New records of Pteromalinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) from Iran, Far Eastern Entomologist 439, pp. 14-23 : 16-17

Homoporus apharetus (Walker, 1839)

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Kerman province, Bam , 29°06′0.17″ N, 58°19′44″ E ,

h= 1111m, Malaise trap, 22.V–3.VI 2017, 1♀, leg. M. Purrezaali; the same locality and collector, 4.VII–26.VIII 2017, 1♀, Leg.: M. Purrezaali; Jiroft, Dalfard, 29°01′31.4″ N ,

57°36′56.1″ E, h= 2390m, Malaise trap, 17.VI–27.VIII 2017, 2♀, leg. S.M. Madjdzadeh.

SHORT DESCRIPTION. Head and thorax dark blue; occipital carina absent, antennal formula 1, 1, 2, 6, 3, clava distinctly acute apically, 1st club suture rather distinct, scape not reaching median ocellus, both mandible 3 dentate, clypeal margin without teeth, pronotum as broad as mesoscutum, notauli incomplete, propodeum sculptured, median carina absent,

prepectus triangular and larger than tegulae, hind tibia with one spur; fore wings infuscate and not completely pilose, marginal vein widened either throughout and about 1.25 times as long as stigmal vein, postmarginal vein much longer than marginal vein; metasoma dark brown and sessile.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Kerman province (new record for Iran).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic region (Noyes, 2020).

HOSTS. The hosts of this species in Iran are unknown. Homoporus apharetus is reported mainly from species of Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera) such as Tetramesa brevicornis (Walker,

1832) and Tetramesa linearis (Walker, 1832) (Noyes, 2020).

Figures

Fig. 2. Homoporus apharetus (Walker, 1839), female. A – body, lateral view; B – antenna; C – head, frontal view; D – mesosoma, dorsal view; E – fore wing.