Ophion crassicornis Brock 1980

Johansson, Niklas, Ameri, Ali, Riedel, Matthias, Talebi, Ali Asghar & Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, 2021, Contribution to the Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Iran with the description of 16 new species and an illustrated key to the Eremotylus of the Western Palaearctic, Zootaxa 5023 (2), pp. 151-206 : 174

Ophion crassicornis Brock 1980

Ophion crassicornis Brock, 1980: 84‒85 ; Figs 23 , 24 . Holotype ♂ from Britain in NHMUK, examined.

Material Examined: IRAN: 1♂, 2♀♀, Mazandaran Province, Golestan forest, Tang-e-Gol, 700 m . a. s., 17 May 1993, Paz / Badii leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♂, Mazandaran Province, Golestan forest, Dasht, 700 m . a. s., 16 May 1993, Paz / Badii leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, 1♂, Golestan Province, P. M. Golestan, Tang-e-Gol , 5 May 1999, Mogh. / Bar. / Man. leg. ( HMIM) ; 1♀, Golestan Province, 20 km S Gorgan city, 36˚43’N, 54˚35’E, 700 m . a. s., 10 May 2009, A. Klimenko leg. ( MR) ; 1♀, Semnan Province, Shakhmirzad area, Chasm env. 35˚49’N, 53˚15’E 2200 m. a. s., 14 Jun. 2009, A. Klimenko leg. ( MR) ; 1♂, Lorestan Province, Khorramabad area, Mahmudvand , 30 Apr 2007, A. Klimenko leg. ( MR) .

Remarks: A widely distributed species that occurs all over Europe. It appears to be common also in southeastern Europe and the Middle East. New record for Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 23. A) Hellwigiella dichromoptera (Costa, 1886), ♂, lateral view. B–C. Mesopleuron with pleurosternal angles, ventrolateral view of ♀. B) Eremotylus curvinervis (Kriechbaumer, 1878); C) Eremotylus divisor Aubert, 1980. Photos: Niklas Johansson

FIGURE 24. A–B. Mesosoma and head i lateral view of ♀. A) Eremotylus intermedius (Hedwig, 1957); B) Eremotylus marginatus (Jurine, 1807). C–E. Scutellum and propodeum dorsal view of ♀. C) Eremotylus curvinervis (Kriechbaumer, 1878); D) Eremotylus pumilus (Hedwig, 1957); E) Eremotylus intermedius (Hedwig, 1857). Photos: Niklas Johansson.