Echthrodelphax tauricus Ponomarenko, 1970

Derafshan, Hossein Ali, Olmi, Massimo, Moghaddam, Mostafa Ghafouri & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2020, Taxonomy of Iranian Gonatopodinae (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4789 (2), pp. 371-402 : 373-379

Echthrodelphax tauricus Ponomarenko, 1970

Figs 1A , 3–5 , 20A

Echthrodelphax tauricus Ponomarenko, 1970: 432 . Type locality: Madagascar, Bekily (♀ holotype, MNHN); Pterogonatopus hortusensis Abdul-Nour, 1976: 276 ; Echthrodelphax hortusensis ( Abdul-Nour, 1976) ; Echthrodelphax afer Olmi, 1984:

1155.

Description (♀). Fully winged ( Figs 3F , 5A ), length 2.62–3.12 mm. Color. Head testaceous, usually with brown spot on vertex; antenna, pronotum and mesoscutum testaceous; lateral side of mesoscutellum, metanotum and metapectal-propodeal complex black (except distal apex of metapectal-propodeal complex yellow); metasoma yellowish brown, with first tergite partly black and transversal brown bands; legs testaceous. Color variability: Female specimen collected from Zabol-Nimrooz (Nim-229, DPPZ): antenna testaceous; mesoscutum-mesoscutellar suture and mesoscutellum yellowish and/or black; metanotum shiny, smooth, yellowish and black; mesopleuron shiny and smooth, mainly black, with narrow anterior yellowish part. Head ( Figs 3 A–3C). Shiny, unsculptured; ocellar triangle strongly isosceles; POL=1, OL=4, OOL=7; occipital carina absent; frons with median keel extended between ocelli; palpal formula 5/2. Mesosoma ( Figs 1A , 3 D–3G, 3I, 5A). Pronotum crossed by transversal impression, with collar and lateral regions shiny and unsculptured; disc dull and granulated; posterior edges of pronotum not produced into lobes directed towards tegulae; mesoscutum shiny, weakly punctate; mesoscutellum shiny, smooth, weakly punctate; metanotum reduced, short; metapectal-propodeal complex reticulate rugose, without longitudinal keels; forewing with one brown transversal band; protrochanters approximately four times as long as wide; enlarged claw with one subapical tooth and 4–5 lamellae; protarsomere 5 with one row of 7–11 lamellae; apex with group of 6–11 lamellae; tibial spurs 1/0/1.

Description. (♂). Fully winged ( Figs 4E , 5B ), length 1.37 mm. Color. Head black, except yellow mandible; antenna brown; mesosoma black; metasoma reddish-brown; legs testaceous. Head ( Figs 4 A–4C): Antennomere 3 more than three times as long as wide; head shiny, unsculptured; occipital carina complete; frons without median keel; palpal formula 4/2. Mesosoma ( Figs 4 D–4F, 5B). Mesoscutum setose, weakly granulate; mesoscutellum and metanotum shiny, unsculptured; metapectal-propodeal complex reticulate rugose, without longitudinal keels; forewing without brown transversal band; tibial spurs 1/1/2. Genitalia ( Figs 4G , 20A ). Dorsal process of paramer every short, pointed and transverse.

Material examined. 12♀ 1♂: 1♀ ( MOLC), IRAN, Sistan-o Baluchestan province , Zabol-Nimrooz (31°05ʹ02ʺN, 61°26ʹ07ʺ E, 461m), 07. VI.2016, Nim-230, swept on mix vegetations, Leg.: H.A. Derafshan ; 2 ♀ ( MOLC, DPPZ), same locality label, 03. VI.2016, Nim-226 ; 1 ♀ ( MOLC) , 1 ♂ ( DPPZ), same locality label, 23.IV.2015, Nim-45 ; 1 ♀ ( DPPZ), same locality label, 04. VI.2016, Nim-227 ; 1 ♀ ( DPPZ), same locality label, 06. VI.2016, Nim-229 ; 1 ♀ ( DPPZ), same locality label, 16. V.2015, Nim-91 ; 1 ♀, same locality label, 05.VII.2016 Nim-236 ; 2 ♀, ( MOLC), IRAN, Sistan-o Baluchestan province , Zabol-Hirmand (31°02ʹ12ʺ N, 61°32ʹ13ʺ E, 471m), 24. VI.2016, Malaise trap Funnel, Leg.: M. Enayatnia ; 1 ♀ ( DPPZ), same locality label, 04. VI.2016 ; 1 ♀ ( DPPZ), IRAN, Sistan-o Baluchestan province , Zabol-Niatak forest (31°07ʹ01ʺ N, 61°37ʹ29ʺ E, 482m), 24. VI.2016, swept on mix vegetations, Leg.: M. Enayatnia .

Distribution ( Fig. 21A ). Afrotropical ( Olmi & Xu 2015; Olmi et al. 2016), Eastern Palaearctic—Iran— new record), Western Palaearctic ( Olmi 1984, 1999, 2008; Olmi & van Harten 2000; Azevedo et al. 2010).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Redrawn chelae of Gonatopodinae Kieffer (from Olmi, 1984): A. Echthrodelphax tauricus Ponomarenko, 1970, from Sciolze (Italy); B. Gonatopus camelinus Kieffer, 1904, from S. Cruz de la Palma (Canaries); C. Gonatopus clavipes (Thunberg, 1827), from Kuusamo (Russia); D. Gonatopus distinguendus Kieffer, 1905, from El Pardo (Spain).

FIGURE 3. Echthrodelphax tauricus Ponomarenko, 1970, female from Iran, Zabol-Nimrooz: A. Head, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, dorsal view; D. Mesosoma, lateral view; E. Pronotum, dorsal view; F. Forewing; G. Mesonotum and metapectal-propodeal complex, dorsal view; H. Metasoma, lateral view; I. Chela.

FIGURE 4. Echthrodelphax tauricus Ponomarenko, 1970, male from Iran, Zabol-Nimrooz: A. Head, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, dorsal view; D. Mesosoma, lateral view; E. Forewing; dorsal view; F. Pronotum, mesonotum, metapectal-propodeal complex and metasoma, dorsal view; G. Genitalia.

FIGURE 5. General habitus of Echthrodelphax tauricus Ponomarenko, 1970, from Iran, Zabol-Nimrooz: A. Female; B. Male.

FIGURE 20. Redrawn male genitalia of Gonatopodinae Kieffer (from Olmi & Xu, 2015): A. Echthrodelphax tauricus Ponomarenko, 1970, from Torrevieja (Spain); B. Gonatopus camelinus Kieffer, 1904, from Capodimonte (Italy); C. Gonatopus clavipes (Thunberg, 1827), from Sciolze (Italy); D. Gonatopus distinguendus Kieffer, 1905, from Castelmaurou (France); E. Gonatopus lunatus Klug, 1810, from Assergi (Italy); F. Haplogonatopus apicalis Perkins, 1905, from Sri Lanka.

FIGURE 21. Distribution map of the Iranian species of Gonatopodinae. A. Echthrodelphax tauricus Ponomarenko; B. Gonatopus camelinus Kieffer; C. Gonatopus clavipes (Thunberg).