Mesostenus dentifer ( Thomson, 1896 )
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Mesostenus dentifer ( Thomson, 1896) View in CoL
Mesostenus dentifer Thomson, 1896 View in CoL
Material examined: 1♀, IRAN, North Khorasan Province, Jemi (37°31′19′′N, 57°29′28′′E, 915 m), Malaise trap, 09– 23.07.2015, leg.: B. Motamedinia GoogleMaps ; 1♀, IRAN, Kerman Province, Bam, Abgarm (29°07′55″N, 58°17′09″E, 1132 m), swept on Alopecurus sp. , 03.08.2015, leg.: M. Vafaei. GoogleMaps
Distribution in Iran: Kerman and North Khorasan Provinces.
General distribution: Palaearctic ( Austria, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran [new record], Italy, Norway, Romania, Spain, Sweden) ( Yu et al. 2016).
Diagnosis (Female). Body length 9.5–9.7 mm, fore wing length 7–7.1 mm, ovipositor 4.7–4.8 mm. Malar space 0.85 × as long as basal width of the mandible. Frons weakly convex and strongly striate ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ). Behind the eyes not long (0.37 × as long as eyes), curved and weakly narrowed laterally, in dorsal view ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Temple constricted behind the eye, 0.5 × as width as the eye in lateral view ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Notaulus distinct ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ). Mesoscutum polished, strongly punctate. Propodeum ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ) with basal transverse carinae entire. Apical transverse carinae of propodeum present. First metasomal segment ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ) rather strongly widened to its apex, with a lateral triangular tooth basally. Postpetiole strongly convex in lateral view. Second tergite densely punctate. Fore wing ( Fig. 3G View FIGURE 3 ) vein r-m present. Areolet small and irregular. Vein 1m-cu 2.2 × as long as 1/Cu. Hind wing ( Fig. 3H View FIGURE 3 ) with 1/Cu longer than cu-a. Ovipositor 1.6 × as long as hind tibia and weakly down-curved ( Fig. 3I View FIGURE 3 ). Body black; frontal orbit, tegula yellowish, fore femur and tibia, mid femur and tibia, hind femur apically and first to third tergites reddish. Hind femur basally black. Antenna with white stripe on fifth to eighth flagellomeres.
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Mesostenus dentifer ( Thomson, 1896 )
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