Cymodusopsis rufator, Riedel & Ameri & Talebi & Ebrahimi, 2019

Riedel, Matthias, Ameri, Ali, Talebi, Ali Asghar & Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, 2019, Contribution to the Ɨchneumonidae (Hymenoptera) oI Ɨran, with descriptions oI seven new species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 361-390 : 365-366

Cymodusopsis rufator nov.sp. (figs 5-9)

T y p e m a t e r i a l: Holotype: ♀ ̎ Iran: Khuzestan Prov., Shoush, Karkheh National Park ,

Perslan Fallow Deer Sanctuary, N32°04́36.5́́ E48°14́15.6́́, March 11-May 10, 2015, 45 m, Malaise trap, E. Gilasian̎ (ZSM). Paratypes: 4♀♀ 12♂♂ ̎ Iran: Khuzestan Prov., Shoush, Karkheh National Park , Perslan Fallow Deer Sanctuary , N 32°04́40.1́́ E 48°14́12.6́́, tamarisk trees, May 11-June 14, 2014, 53 m, M. Parachami-Araghi ̎ ; 1♀ 1♂ ̎ Iran: Markazi Prov., Arak, Haftad-Gholleh, Sibak , N 34°08́06.5́́ E 50°10́39.1́́, 16-06-2018, 2090 m, Malaise trap, E.

Gilasian̎ (coll. Riedel and Tehran). Description: ♀: Body length 4.5-5.0 mm. Antenna with 23-24 flagellomeres; 1st

flagellomere 5.2x longer than wide, preapical flagellomere slightly longer than wide. Head granulate, matte, covered with whitish hairs, seen dorsally 2.0x wider than long. Temple strongly and roundly narrowed behind eye, seen dorsally about 0.35x as long as eye. Distance of lateral ocellus to eye 1.3x ocellar diameter, distance between lateral ocelli 1.6x ocellar diameter. Eye bare, inner margins strongly narrowed ventrally; minimal width of face 0.52x frontal width. Clypeus distinctly convex, about as long as wide, with rounded apical margin. Distance of clypeal fovea (tentorial pit) to inner eye margin about 2x foveal diameter. Malar space narrow, 0.25x as long as width of mandibular base. Mandible with upper tooth slightly larger than lower one and with ventral lamella in basal 2/3. Genal carina reaching hypostomal one close to mandibular base, both carinae narrow.

Mesosoma covered with whitish hairs. Side of pronotum granulate and finely rugose in dorsal 1/4, finely striate in ventral 3/4. Notaulus not impressed on mesoscutum. Mesoscutum granulate and finely rugose, matte. Mesopleuron granulate, with fine striae dorsally; speculum finely granulate, but more or less shining. Epicnemial carina narrow, reaching anterior margin of mesopleuron. Scutellum moderately elevated, about as long as wide, without lateral carina. Propodeum granulate, spiracle round. Area basalis trapezoid, c.2x longer than wide. Area superomedia about as long as wide, finely rugose, confluent with area petiolaris. Area petiolaris with fine transverse rugae, lateral carina more or less obsolete. Costula present. Legs slender; hind femur 6.1x longer than wide. Hind metatarsus c.0.54x as long as hind tibia, with a rather distinct internal row of fine spurs. Outer spur of hind tibia c.0.85x as long as the inner one. Hind claw short, finely pectinate.

Areolet of fore wing quadrangular, pointed or shortly sessile anteriorly. Nervulus slightly postfurcal (by 1-2x its width). Nervellus of hind wing intercepted in its apical 0.6, discoidella weak.

Metasoma except smooth petiolus granulate. 1 st tergite c.3.3x longer than wide, without glymma, distinctly bent at spiracles with an angle of c.30° between petiolus and postpetiolus. 2 nd tergite 2.0x longer than wide; thyridium oval, its distance to tergal base 4.5x its diameter. 3 rd tergite c.1.15x longer than wide. 6 th tergite with slightly concave hind margin; 7 th tergite with blunt triangular excision at apical margin. Ovipositor sheath c.0.65x as long as hind tibia. Exposed ovipositor c.1.3x as long as hind tibia, almost straight, its tip with strong dorsal notch, ventrally narrowed.

Color: Black. Scapus, pedicellus and basal third of flagellum yellowish, distal 2/3 of flagellum brownish. Clypeus ± reddish. Palps, mandible except teeth and tegula creamyellow. 1 st tergite brown or black; postpetiolus ± reddish apically; 2 nd tergite reddish, narrowly black basally and apically and with brownish subapical band; following tergites reddish, sometimes with diffuse brownish suffusion. Legs including hind coxa reddish; fore and mid coxae, all trochanters and trochantelli, apical spots on fore and mid femora and external stripes on fore and mid tibiae and tarsi cream-yellow; hind tibia red, yellow basally, sometimes with slightly darker subbasal and apical rings. Hind tibial spurs cream-yellow. Wings hyaline, pterostigma brownish.

♂: Body length 4.2-4.5 mm. Antenna with 24-25 flagellomeres; 1 st flagellomere c.3.0x longer than wide, preapical flagellomere c.1.7x longer than wide. Tyloids absent. Inner margins of eyes moderately narrowed ventrally, minimal width of face 0.8x width of frons. Speculum with very fine granulation or smooth, shining. Lateral carina of area petiolaris ± present. Hind femur c.5.2x longer than wide. 1 st tergite 3.7x longer than wide. 2 nd tergite 2.3x longer than wide; thyridium roundish, its distance to basal tergal margin 2x its diameter. 3 rd tergite 1.1x longer than wide. Structure otherwise as described for the ♀.

Color: Black. Scapus and pedicellus yellowish, flagellum brown. Palps, mandible except teeth and tegula cream-yellow. 1 st tergite black; 2 nd tergite brown, with reddish-yellow band in apical 1/3; following tergites yellowish-red, with more or less extended brownish basal spots; 6 th and 7 th tergites often mainly brown. Fore and mid coxae more or less reddish, hind coxa black. Fore and mid trochanters and all trochantelli cream-yellow. Femora, tibiae and tarsi red; fore and mid tibiae and tarsi with cream-yellow stripes externally; hind femur sometimes with brownish suffusion; hind tibia red, yellow basally, usually with weak brownish subbasal and apical rings; hind tarsus brown to black.

Pterostigma brownish. Remark: Due to its bare compound eyes, form of 1st metasomal tergite and wide dis-

tance of clypeal fovea (tentorial pit) from inner eye margin, this new species runs to the genus Cymodusopsis VIERECK which have only been known from the New World so far ( SANBORNE 1986).

The relation of this genus to Cymodusa and Diadegma has already been discussed by SANBORNE (1986: 2) who proposed a close relationship between Cymodusopsis and Diadegma , but in our opinion Cymodusopsis seems to be closer related to or is even congeneric with Cymodusa. However, a final solution can only be made with further material, rearing results and genetical analyses in the future.