Norbanus densipilosus Rahmani & Rakhshani, 2025
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Norbanus densipilosus Rahmani & Rakhshani |
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Norbanus densipilosus Rahmani & Rakhshani sp. nov.
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( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 , 6 View FIGURE 6 )
Diagnosis. Because of the yellowish gaster ( Figs 6C, D View FIGURE 6 ) and fore wing structure ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ), females of N. densipilosus resemble those of the Afrotropical species N. incombo Mitroiu, 2015, but differ from them mostly in having higher inserted antennae ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ), a shorter propodeum ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ) and a shorter gaster ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ). Females also are similar to those of N. longifasciatus (Girault, 1914) in having the basal cell and basal fold of the fore wing glabrous, the postmarginal vein shorter than the marginal vein ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ), the scape exceeding the vertex ( Figs 5A, B View FIGURE 5 ), and in the absence of scrobes ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ). Females can be separated from those of the latter species by the POL being as long as the OOL ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ) vs POL shorter than OOL, the distance from the toruli to the clypeal margin 1.7× the distance from the toruli to the median ocellus ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ) vs 3× distance ( Xiao & Huang 2005: fig. 1), and the posterior margin of Gt 1 being almost straight, with very slight incisions ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ) vs posterior margin of Gt 1 medially arcuate.
Type material. Holotype ♀, Iran, Sistan-o Baluchestan province : Zabol ( 31°01’59.02”N, 61°29’26.07”E, 483 m a.s.l.), Malaise trap, 02.09.2016, leg. M. Enayatnia ( DPPZ) GoogleMaps . Paratype: 1♀, same data as holotype GoogleMaps .
Description. FEMALE. Body length 3.6 mm, fore wing 2.5 mm.
Colour. Head and mesosoma black, with metallic bluish reflections ( Figs 5A‒C, E, F View FIGURE 5 ). Metasoma yellowish-brown ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ). Antenna yellow except clava lighter ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ). Eyes pale red, ocelli whitish ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ). Mandibles brown, teeth reddish-brown ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ). Wings hyaline, tegula and venation (except stigma and parastigma brown) yellow, setae brown ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ). Legs with coxae bright brown except basal half of hind coxae darker; trochanters and femora bright brown except femora distally whitish-yellow; all tibiae and tarsi whitish-yellow except last tarsal segments bright brown; claws dark brown ( Fig. 6D View FIGURE 6 ).
Sculpture. Head reticulate except lower face striate, the striae extending to level below lower margin of eyes ( Figs 5A, B, C View FIGURE 5 ). Mesosoma with pronotum and mesonotum dorsally coarsely reticulate ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ) except frenal area finely reticulate ( Figs 5E View FIGURE 5 , 6B View FIGURE 6 ); dorsellum and propodeum finely reticulate ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ). Gastral terga alutaceous except Gt
1
and Gt
2
smooth ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ).
Head. In frontal view 1.38× as wide as high ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ); in dorsal view width 2.3× its length ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ). Eye height in frontal view 1.57× as long as malar space ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ) and in eye lateral view 1.5× its length ( Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 ); eye in dorsal view 2.5× as long as temple ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ). Clypeal margin shallowly emarginate ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ). Scrobes absent ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ). Antenna with scape exceeding vertex ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ); flagellum with both anelli transverse ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ); all funiculars longer than wide, decreasing in length distally, with Fu 1 3.66× and Fu 6 1.5× as long as wide; clava with long terminal spine ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ). Toruli much closer to median ocellus than to clypeal margin ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ). POL as long as OOL ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ).
Mesosoma . Mesosoma 1.58× as long as wide ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ); mesoscutum 1.56× as wide as long ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ); mesoscutellum 0.85× as long as wide, without frenal line ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ). Propodeum 0.7× as long as mesoscutellum, with oval spiracles and without postspiracular furrow ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ); callus with dense whitish setae ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ). Fore wing 2.5× as long as wide; basal cell and basal fold bare; speculum large, extending to stigmal vein, and with area between postmarginal and stigmal veins also bare; marginal vein 1.78× as long as postmarginal vein and 2.6× as long as stigmal vein; postmarginal vein 1.5× as long as stigmal vein ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ).
Metasoma. Gaster ovate, 1.7× as long as wide, slightly shorter than head plus mesosoma; Gt 1 0.29× as long as metasoma, with posterior margin straight, with very shallow lateral notches ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ).
MALE. Unknown.
Variation. The basal tergum of gaster sometimes dark basolaterally and the last two terga dark brown; legs with front and hind coxae sometimes concolourous with mesosoma, mid coxa brown except laterally bright brown.
Etymology. The name is in reference to the dense whitish setae on the sides of the propodeum.
Distribution. Iran.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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