Eremaphanta (Eremaphanta) iranica Schwammberger, 1971

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Eremaphanta (Eremaphanta) iranica Schwammberger

Eremaphanta iranica Schwammberger 1971: 1 , ♂.

Type material. ♂ holotype, 3♂ paratypes, Iran, Tiz bei Chahbar [25°18’N 60°38’E], 25.III.1954, leg. R. U. Schäuffele, SMNS. Original designation of the locus typicus: " Tiz bei Chahbar, Iran " .

Additional material. 1♂, Oman, Ruwi [23°35’N 58°32’E], III. 1976, leg. Guichard,NHM .

Differential diagnosis. ♀ and ♂. Body mainly black. Head about as long as wide. Terga without apical hair bands. Marginal zone of T1 ­ T4 with few appressed hair on lateral margins .

Diagnosis ( Fig. 4 ). ♀. Unknown. ♂. Tb1­Tb3 and tarsi yellow; other parts of the body entirely black. Head nearly as long as wide. Antennae dorsally brownish, ventrally yellowish. Propodeal triangle dull and rugose. Disc of terga with short brown appressed hairs. Marginal zone of T 1­ T 4 with few appressed hair on lateral margins. Premarginal line of S1­S5 slightly emarginate or straight. S7­S8 and genitalia as figured by Schwammberger (1971) ( Fig. 4 ).

Distribution ( Fig. 11b ). Iran and Oman.

Floral choices and phenology. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Eremaphanta iranica, male (scale=300µm); a. Sternum 7; b. Sternum 8; c. Dorsal view of genitalia; from Schwammberger (1971).

FIGURE 11. Specific distribution; a. Distribution of Eremaphanta dispar and E. zhelochovtsevi; b. Distribution of E. fasciata, E. iranica and E. vitellina; c. Distribution of E. convolvuli, E. minuta and E. popovi.