Key to species of Anomalon occurring in Iran

1. Marginal cell about 1.0 × as long as its distance from the end of the wing (Fig. 3A); temple not constricted behind eyes, about 0.9 × as wide as the compound eye in lateral view (Fig. 2C) ........... .................................................................................................................... A. amseli (Hedwig, 1961)

– Marginal cell about 2.0 × as long as its distance from the end of the wing (Figs 5A, 7A, 9A); temple constricted behind eyes, about 0.45–0.65 × as wide as the compound eye in lateral view (Figs 4C, 6C, 8C) .............................................................................................................................................. 2

2. Clypeus without a pair of lateromedian apical teeth (Fig. 6B); pronotum completely striate and without an impunctate area behind the epomia; epicnemial carina broken at the level of the sternaulus (with a branch to the lower posterior corner of the pronotum) (Fig. 6D) ........................................... .......................................................................................................... A. cruentatum (Geoffroy, 1785)

– Clypeus with a pair of lateromedian apical teeth (Figs 4B, 8B); pronotum posteriorly not striate and with an impunctate area behind the epomia; epicnemial carina not broken at the level of the sternaulus (without a branch to the lower posterior corner of the pronotum) (Figs 4D, 8D) ........... 3

3. Ocelli small, the diameter of a lateral ocellus shorter than the distance between the lateral ocellus and the margin of the eye (Fig. 4A); ovipositor sheath about 1.1 × as long as the hind tibia (Fig. 5B) ... ............................................................................................................... A. chinense (Kokujev, 1915)

– Ocelli larger, the diameter of a lateral ocellus as long as the distance between the lateral ocellus and the margin of the eye (Fig. 8A); ovipositor sheath about 0.8 × as long as the hind tibia (Fig. 9B) ... ......................................................................................... A. narinae Zardouei & Rakhshani sp. nov.