Sclerodermus ephippius Saunders, 1881

Can, İlyas, 2022, The Turkish Bethylidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) fauna, with the new records of Epyrinae and Scleroderminae, Zootaxa 5169 (5), pp. 447-456 : 451-452

Sclerodermus ephippius Saunders, 1881

Diagnosis. Female: Body length 3.5 mm ( Fig. 4a ). Head, mesoscutellum, femora, tibiae and metasoma dark castaneous; antenna, clypeus, mandible, palpi, dorsal pronotal area, metapectal-propodeal disc, coxae, trochanters, and tarsi light castaneous. Head nearly quadrate, scarcely longer than wide, sides of head mostly straight; vertex slightly outcurved ( Fig. 4b ). Clypeus with median lobe trapezoidal. Mandible with three teeth, two dorsal teeth large and sharp. Frons weakly coriaceous, nearly polished, punctures very sparse and inconspicuous. Ocelli absent. Eye small and glabrous; distance between toruli less than their own diameters. Mesopleuron without pits and foveae. Dorsal pronotal area long, metapectal-propodeal disc and mesoscutellum almost equally sized. Mesoscutellum equilateral triangle-shaped with broadly curved posterior side. Metapectal-propodeal disc trapezoidal, side diverging posteriorly, median, lateral and posterior transverse carinae absent ( Fig. 4c ). Propodeal spiracle circular. Metasoma stout, 0.53 × as long as body, posterior margin of sternites IV–VI conspicuously bi-emarginated.

Material examined: Turkey, Samsun, Ýlkadım , 75 m, 10.IV.2022, 2♀ ; Samsun, Çarşamba , 30 m, 14.V.2022, 1♀; 15.VII.2022, 1♀ .

Distribution: Albania ( Gordh & Móczár 1990). Now, it is recorded for the first time from Turkey.

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FIGURE 4. Sclerodermus ephippius (♀); a) Lateral habitus; b) Head, dorsal view; c) Mesosoma, dorsal view.