Eremotylus curvinervis (Kriechbaumer, 1878)

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 : 198

Eremotylus curvinervis (Kriechbaumer, 1878)

Figs 23B , 24C .

Ophion curvinervis Kriechbaumer, 1878: 249–251 . Lectotype ♂ from Germany in ZSM, examined.

Eremotylus hungaricus Szépligeti, 1905: 522–523 . Lectotype ♂ from Hungary in HNHM, not examined.

Eremotylus dryobotae Seyrig, 1926: 131–132 . Lectotype ♂ from Spain in MNHN, examined

Material examined: IRAN: 1♂, Golestan Province, P. M. Golestan, Sulgerd , 8 May 1999, 1150 m. a. s., Mogh. / Bar. / Man. leg. ( HMIM) ; 15♀♀, 23♂♂, Golestan Province, Dasht , 37˚21’N, 56˚00’E, 1000 m. a. s., 11 May 2009, A. Klimenko leg. ( MR) ; 2♀♀, Lorestan Province, Khorramabad area, Mahmudvand , 30 Apr. 2007, A. Klimenko leg. ( MR) ; 1♂, Kohkiloye-va-Boyerahmad Province, Yasuj area , 10 km SE Sepidar, 5–6 May 2007, A. Klimenko leg. ( MR) .

Remarks: Eremotylus curvinervis is a widely distributed all over Europe including the Mediterranean area. A parasitoid of Dryobotes eremita (Fabricius, 1775) (Broad 2012) . Easily distinguished from other species in the Palaearctic by the acute pleurosternal angles, which sometimes can be weakly defined and the typical carination of the conspicuously flattened propodeum.

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.