Schoutedenichia zarudnyi Kudryashova, 1976

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Schoutedenichia zarudnyi Kudryashova, 1976

Schoutedenichia zarudnyi Kudryashova, 1976d: 274 , fig. 1; Kudryashova et al. 1978: 147.

Schoutedenichia (Schoutedenichia) zarudnyi: Kudryashova 1998: 252 , fig. 213.

Diagnosis. SIF = 4B-N-3-2110.0000; fPp = B/B/NNB; fsp = 7.7.7; fCx = l.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL > AM = AL; PLs extrascutal; fD = 4H- 4-4-10-8 -(8)-6-2-2(1)-4-(4); DS = 46–52; VS = 30–37 ; NDV = 78–86; Ip = 658–688; eyes 2 + 2; f 1 near or slightly anterior to S 1; f 2 near or slightly anterior to S 2. Measurements of type series ( Kudryashova 1998): AW 45–48, SB 31–35, ASB 23–27, PSB 10–14, SD 34–39, AM 17–22 , AL 17–20, PL 28 , H 28–34, D min 17, D max 25, V min 14, V max 22, pa 238–249, pm 196–210, pp 221–232. Measurements of holotype: AW 46, PW 61 , SB 31, ASB 24, PSB 9, SD 33, AP 33, AM 18 , AL 16, PL 29 , H 32, D min 19, D max 25, V min 20, V max 23, pa 225, pm 191, pp 229, Ip 645, TaIIIL 61, TaIIIW 14.

Type material examined. Holotype larva ( ZMMU Tdt-670, I-131-2357) from Meriones persicus, Borazjan , 770 m a.s.l., southern slope of a mountain, 13 November 1969, coll. V.M. Neronov and A. Farang-Azad.

Hosts. Meriones persicus , Tatera indica .

Distribution. Iran (Borazjan, Kazerun 2).