Norbanus brevicornis Szelenyi, 1974

Shojaey, M., Khayrandish, M., Madjdzadeh, S. M. & Lotfalizadeh, H., 2021, New records of Pteromalinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) from Iran, Far Eastern Entomologist 439, pp. 14-23 : 17-18

Norbanus brevicornis Szelenyi, 1974

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran: Kerman province, Jiroft, Mijan, Koldan, 28°44′27.8″

N, 57°55′14.8″ E, h= 1349m, Malaise trap, 20.IV–5.V 2017, 1♀, leg. S.M. Madjdzadeh.

SHORT DESCRIPTION. Body dark blue; globose head with large rounded temples, antennal formula 1, 1, 2, 6, 3, funicular segments from 3rd to 6th subquadrate, claval segments apparently fused; club pointed bearing a short stocky spicula, antennae short and inserted lower than the center of face, clypeal margin symmetric; pronotum short and about as broad as mesoscutum, mesoscutum and scutellum conspicuous reticulate, notauli incomplete, propodeum sculptured and without median carina, either thoracic pleura except narrow anterior edge of mesepimeron regularly reticulate, prepectus much shorter than tegula, hind tibia with

2 spurs; fore wings completely pilose and speculum absent, basal cell uniformly hairy, marginal vein slender and much longer than stigmal vein; metasoma sessile.

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Kerman province (new record for Iran).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic region (Noyes, 2020).

HOSTS. The hosts of this species are unknown.

Figures

Fig. 3. Norbanus brevicornis Szelenyi, 1974, female. A – body, lateral view; B – antenna; C – head, frontal view; D – mesosoma, dorsal view; E – the same, lateral view; F – fore wing.