Ophion fossulatus Hedwig, 1957

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 : 175

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5023.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E3C8DC24-E3EB-454E-B4FF-E9DEEEAC34D6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5225754
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DCE839-FF8E-CC49-A3DC-BBC5FF38FA14
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ophion fossulatus Hedwig, 1957
status	stat. nov.

Treatment

Ophion fossulatus Hedwig, 1957 View in CoL stat. rev.

Ophion fossulatus Hedwig, 1957: 106 View in CoL . Holotype ♀ in SMNS from Iran, examined.

Material examined: IRAN: Holotype ♀, Iran, Masanderan, Sulede , 27. April 1951. 100 m. a. s., Shäuffele leg. ( SMNS); 5♀♀, 4♂♂, Teheran Province, Firooz kuh, 35˚45’48.21"N, 52˚45’24.40"E, 1981 m. a. s., 10 Jun. 2007, Lofalizadeh leg. ( HMIM); 1♀, Kohkiloye-va-Boyerahmad Province, Yasuj area , 10 km SE Sepidar, 5‒6 May 2007, A. Klimenko leg. ( MR); 5♀♀, 4♂♂, Golestan Province, Dasht, 37˚21’N, 56˚00’E, 1000 m. a. s., 11 May 2009, A. Klimenko leg. ( MR); 1♀, Lorestan Province, Khorramabad area , Mahmudvand, 30 Apr. 2007, A. Klimenko leg. ( MR); 1♀, Golestan Province, Elburs mts, Maghazy Valley , Lux, 36˚64’92.3"N, 54˚20’70.1"E, 11 Jun. 2007, 1630 m. a. s., N. Pöll leg. ( OÖLM).

DNA Barcode: The DNA barcode sequences of two specimens of Ophion fossulatus are available at the BOLD systems database: sample id. NJP742/744, sequence id. LNU2578-21/2580-21.

Remarks: Previously synonymized with Ophion mocsaryi Brauns, 1889 . Study of the type shows that this species belongs to the Ophion parvulus aggregate, which is characterized by the evenly curved radius and the weakly defined pleurosternal angles. Very similar to the Northern and Central European species Ophion parvulus Kriechbaumer , but with the carination of propodeum more strongly raised, usually both anterior and posterior transverse carinae and central and lateral longitudinal carinae complete, and the pleurosternal angles more prominent. The two barcoding sequences that were extracted, cluster in BOLD with O. parvulus and obviously the two species are very closely related. The minor differences in morphology motivates the treatment of O. fossulatus as a separate species, but undoubtedly the taxonomy of the aggregate would benefit from a more thorough study using integrative methods.