Dichrogaster saharator (AUBERT, 1964)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Khuzestansite 2: 1♀ 11.v.-14.vi.2014, leg. M. Parachami-Araghi; Khuzestan site 1: 6♂♂ 11.iii.-10.v.2015, leg. E. Gilasian; Markazi site 1: 5♀♀ 10.v.-13.vi.2018, leg. E. Gilasian & M. Parachami-Araghi, 1♂ 11.vi.-20.vii.2018, leg. M. Parachami-Araghi; Markazi site 4: 1♂ 6-10.v.2018, leg. M. Parachami-Araghi.

Remark: The coloration of the mesosoma is very variable and usually more or less red, rarely completely red in ♀. Hind femur and hind tibia often infuscate apically. In ♂, 2 nd to 4 th tergites reddish, 2 nd and 3 rd tergites sometimes with blackish apical bands. One ♂ has blackish hind coxae. It is not impossible that this material represent a different but closely related Dichrogaster -species.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic region, known from Iran (KOLAROV & GHAHARI 2007).