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
Author
Johansson, Niklas
Fredriksberg, Baskarp, 566 92 Habo, Sweden.
Author
Ameri, Ali
Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Author
Riedel, Matthias
Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstr. 21, D- 81247 München, Germany
Author
Talebi, Ali Asghar
0000-0001-5749-6391
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: 14115 - 336, Tehran, Iran. talebia @ modares. ac. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5749 - 6391
talebia@modares.ac.ir
Author
Ebrahimi, Ebrahim
Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-08-18
5023
2
151
206
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5023.2.1
1175-5326
5225655
E3C8DC24-E3EB-454E-B4FF-E9DEEEAC34D6
Ophion rufoniger
Kohl, 1905
Figs 16A‒B, F
Ophion rufoniger
Kohl, 1905: 223
.
Lectotype
♀
female from
Azerbaijan
in NHMW, examined.
Material examined
:
IRAN
:
1♀
, Esfan dagheh-Djirouft,
20 Apr. 1971
,
Saf Zair
leg. (
HMIM
)
.
Remarks
:
Ophion rufoniger
(
Figs 16A‒B, F
) was described from
Goygol
in Northwestern
Azerbaijan
(
Kohl, 1905
). It is a very rarely recorded species also known from
Armenia
and
Georgia
. The species is quite easily determined based on the buccate head and the dark reddish brown body with mainly black metasoma and legs. The depicted female specimen is from
Georgia
and housed in OÖLM.