Anagyrus aligarhensis Agarwal and Alam, 1959

Razmi, Mehdi, Karimpour, Younes & Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, 2025, Bushgrass, Calamagrostis epigejos (Poaceae), a natural pool of chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Iran, Zootaxa 5696 (2), pp. 151-204 : 156-157

Anagyrus aligarhensis Agarwal and Alam, 1959

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Material examined. 5 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂: IRAN, West-Azarbaijan Province , Naqadeh, Solduz Wetland, 37º02′ N, 45º35′ E, 1277 m a.s.l., 21 July 2020, 29 April 2021, M. Razmi leg., ex Calamagrostis epigejos .

Diagnosis (abstracted from Mercet 1921). Female ( Fig. 3B ): generally non-metallic, orange to fuscous; head with inner orbits testaceous and occiput ochraceous; malar space with a pale yellow streak; pronotum fuscous with lateral pale yellow regions; mesoscutum, scutellum, and metathorax rugose-reticulate; axillae pale yellow; tegula orange with darkened apex ( Fig. 3B ); antenna diagnostic: scape markedly broad and laterally compressed, predominantly fuscous with a conspicuous whitish region near the apex; pedicel distinctly bicolored, basal half fuscous and apical half whitish; Fu 1 fuscous, Fu 2 and basal half of Fu 3 whitish, distal half of Fu 3 –Fu 6 tan; clava tan, distinct and rather broad ( Fig. 3D ); legs whitish to pale yellow ( Fig. 3B ); wings hyaline; postmarginal vein short, 0.25× length of stigmal vein; marginal fringe very short ( Fig. 4E,F ); gaster ochraceous to fuscous, triangular and tapering ( Fig. 4C ).

Male ( Fig. 3A ): similar to females in general coloration but distinguished by fuscous vertex and frons ( Fig. 3A ), tegula whitish basally; antenna entirely tan with fuscous markings on scape and pedicel; scape shorter and spindleshaped; funicular segments elongate, with Fu 1 longest, subsequent funicular segments becoming progressively shorter; clava slightly larger than preceding funicular segment ( Fig. 3C ); legs whitish to pale yellow; wings hyaline; gaster darker than in females ( Fig. 3A ).

Distribution. IRAN: Khuzestan, Tehran, Kermanshah and Kerman provinces ( Fallahzadeh and Japoshvili 2017). EXTRALIMITAL: China, Europe, former USSR, India, Indonesia, Israel, Nepal, North America, Russia, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( UCD Community 2023).

Biological association. Given the substantial presence of a ladybird species ( Nephus Mulsant, 1846 ) among the insects obtained from the sampled specimens during this study, coupled with its documented history of host associations ( Hayat 1986), it is plausible these ladybirds as potential hosts for this species. Previously, some species of Pseudococcidae ( Hemiptera ) and Cheilomenes sexmaculata Fabricius, 1781 ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ) associated with plants of the Lamiaceae , Moraceae and Poaceae families, have also been identified as hosts ( UCD Community 2023).

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FIGURE 3. Anagyrus aligarhensisAgarwal andAlam, A. Male in lateral habitus. B. Female in lateral habitus. C. Male antennae. D. Female antennae.

FIGURE 4. Anagyrus aligarhensis Agarwal and Alam, female. A. Head and mesosoma in lateral view. B. Head in frontal view. C. Mesosoma and metasoma in dorsolateral view. D. Head in dorsal view. E. Fore wing. F. Fore wing venation.