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<taxonomicName LSID="729A41E2-91BD-5E2F-975C-6F5148544126" authority="(Fabricius, 1804)" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Chalcididae" genus="Epitranus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epitranus clavatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavatus">Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius, 1804)</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A, B habitus (lateral and dorsal views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467091" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figures 14</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C antennal pedicel and flagellum D propodeum and part of metasomal petiole (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467092" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 15</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified) B, C hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) D metasoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467093" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">, 16</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Chalcididae" genus="Chalcis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chalcis clavata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavata">Chalcis clavata</taxonomicName>
Fabricius, 1804: 162;
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, 1982: 594: lectotype designation.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Walker" authorityYear="1834" class="Insecta" family="Chalcididae" genus="Epitranus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epitranus fulvescens" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fulvescens">Epitranus fulvescens</taxonomicName>
Walker, 1834: 26-27;
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, 1982: 594: synonymy.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Cameron" authorityYear="1883" class="Insecta" family="Chalcididae" genus="Epitranus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epitranus lacteipennis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lacteipennis">Epitranus lacteipennis</taxonomicName>
Cameron, 1883: 187-188;
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, 1982: 594: synonymy.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Masi" authorityYear="1917" class="Insecta" family="Chalcididae" genus="Anacryptus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Anacryptus insidiosus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="insidiosus">Anacryptus insidiosus</taxonomicName>
Masi, 1917: 129-130;
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, 1982: 594: synonymy.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Masi" authorityYear="1933" class="Insecta" family="Chalcididae" genus="Anacryptus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Anacryptus anpingius" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anpingius">Anacryptus anpingius</taxonomicName>
Masi, 1933: 14-15;
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, 1982: 594: synonymy.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Mani &amp; Dubey" authorityYear="1973" class="Insecta" family="Chalcididae" genus="Anacryptus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Anacryptus cawnporensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cawnporensis">Anacryptus cawnporensis</taxonomicName>
Mani &amp; Dubey in Mani, Dubey, Kaul &amp; Saraswat, 1973: 30-31;
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, 1982: 594: synonymy.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Chalcididae" genus="Epitranus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epitranus clavatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavatus">Epitranus clavatus</taxonomicName>
(Fabricius):
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, 1982: 594.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Female</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A, B habitus (lateral and dorsal views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467091" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">14</figureCitation>
-
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified) B, C hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) D metasoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467093" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">16</figureCitation>
). Body length ca. 3.75 mm. Fore wing length ca. 2.5 mm. Head and mesosoma mostly reddish, the later variously maculated with black (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A, B habitus (lateral and dorsal views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467091" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">14A, B</figureCitation>
), tegula brownish testaceous (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A, B habitus (lateral and dorsal views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467091" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">14B</figureCitation>
). This species is recognized by the following combination of characters: frontal lobe relatively long, its ventral margin with two submedian indentations (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C antennal pedicel and flagellum D propodeum and part of metasomal petiole (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467092" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">15B</figureCitation>
); subantennal distance ca. 1.7
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as long as interantennal distance, without median longitudinal carina; subtorular carina present; interantennal projection as small lamina (Fig.
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); post-orbital groove granulate; post-orbital carina joining genal carina at a level with ventral edge of eye (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A, B habitus (lateral and dorsal views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467091" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">14A</figureCitation>
); outline of frons slightly and regularly convex in dorsal view; supra antennal surface hardly delimited laterally by very faint step-like ridge; discal area very faintly strigulate, separated from inner orbit and median ocellus by four or five rows of setiferous points (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C antennal pedicel and flagellum D propodeum and part of metasomal petiole (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467092" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">15A</figureCitation>
); flagellum somewhat slender (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C antennal pedicel and flagellum D propodeum and part of metasomal petiole (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467092" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">15C</figureCitation>
), 0.82
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as long as head width; funiculars all somewhat longer than wide; mesosoma convex, its dorsal outline evidently so (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C antennal pedicel and flagellum D propodeum and part of metasomal petiole (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467092" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">15C</figureCitation>
); pronotal collar rounded anteriorly on dorsum (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A, B habitus (lateral and dorsal views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467091" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">14A</figureCitation>
); interspaces on mesonotum very faintly alutaceous; interspaces on mesepisternum and metepimeron coriaceous, dull (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A, B habitus (lateral and dorsal views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467091" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">14A</figureCitation>
); surface of propodeum densely reticulate, median areola complete but delimited by very faint submedian carina, sublateral carinae well raised on joining lateral carinae of adpetiolar areola, the latter nearly truncate anteriorly (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A head (frontal view) B lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view) C antennal pedicel and flagellum D propodeum and part of metasomal petiole (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467092" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">15D</figureCitation>
); pronotum, scapula (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A, B habitus (lateral and dorsal views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467091" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">14A, B</figureCitation>
) and ventral face of metacoxa sparsely setose, setae distinctly fine and short especially on pronotal collum; occiput (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A, B habitus (lateral and dorsal views respectively)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467091" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">14B</figureCitation>
) and propodeal prestigmatic areola (Fig.
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) nearly bare, with scattered short and fine setae, the former finely alutaceous beneath. Fore wing (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified) B, C hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) D metasoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467093" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">16A</figureCitation>
) with sparse setae and microtrichiae on apical half of underside; STV distinctly oblique forming with the anterior margin of the wing an angle of ca. 35°. Metafemur with a stout basal tooth basoventrally, followed by eight small, widely spaced teeth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified) B, C hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) D metasoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467093" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">16B</figureCitation>
); metatibial process with oblique carina inside, isolating the tarsal scrobe on inner side of tibia, the scrobe nearly reaching the sub-basal prominence anteriorly (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Epitranus clavatus (Fabricius) (female) A fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified) B, C hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively) D metasoma (dorsal view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467093" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">16C</figureCitation>
); prominence with three or four denticles concealed by the pubescence (when examined from behind). Metasomal petiole short, 2.7
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as long as wide, 0.7
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as long as dorsal length of Gt1, 0.5
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as long as gaster (Fig.
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), slightly swollen sub-basally, with two (sublateral and lateral) ridges extending along its whole length, area between sublateral ridges flat and faintly finely punctate. Gaster relatively elongate (1.5
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as long as high).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 14.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Chalcididae" genus="Epitranus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epitranus clavatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Epitranus clavatus</emphasis>
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(Fabricius) (female)
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habitus (lateral and dorsal views respectively).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Male.</emphasis>
Similar to female but differs in having: body with extensive black tint on different parts; flagellum longer and slenderer (1.13
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as long as head width); metasomal petiole longer (4.1
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as long as wide, ca. 0.66
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as long as dorsal length of gaster), with sides parallel and dorsum with weak median carina.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 15.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Epitranus clavatus</emphasis>
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(Fabricius) (female)
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head (frontal view)
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lower part of face showing frontal lobe (frontal view)
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antennal pedicel and flagellum
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propodeum and part of metasomal petiole (dorsal view).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Hosts.</paragraph>
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Small
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such as fungus moths (
<taxonomicName authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1810" family="Tineidae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" rank="family">Tineidae</taxonomicName>
):
<taxonomicName authorityName="Meyrick" authorityYear="1924" class="Insecta" family="Tineidae" genus="Tinea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tinea antricola" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antricola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Tinea antricola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Meyrick, and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Meyrick" authorityYear="1907" class="Insecta" family="Tineidae" genus="Crypsithyris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Crypsithyris" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Crypsithyris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938200770451" author="Boucek, Z" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" pagination="577 - 822" refId="B3" refString="Boucek, Z, 1982. Oriental chalcid wasps of the genus Epitranus. Journal of Natural History 16: 577 - 822, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938200770451" title="Oriental chalcid wasps of the genus Epitranus." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938200770451" volume="16" year="1982">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Bouček">Boucek</normalizedToken>
1982
</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Noyes, J" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" publicationUrl="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids" refId="B29" refString="Noyes, J, 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids" title="Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication." url="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids" year="2019">Noyes 2019</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Material examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
1♀&amp;1♂, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Asir, Abha, Garf Raydah Natural Reserve [
<geoCoordinate degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="11" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="40.98" value="18.194715">18°11'40.98&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="42" direction="east" minutes="23" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="45.66" value="42.39602">42°23'45.66&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, Alt. 1861 m], sweeping net, 12.IV.2019, leg. Ahmed M. Soliman [KSMA]; 1♂, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Asir, Abha, Wadi Marabah [
<geoCoordinate degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="10" orientation="latitude" precision="1" seconds="09.59" value="18.16933">18°10'09.59&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="42" direction="east" minutes="22" orientation="longitude" precision="1" seconds="15.12" value="42.370865">42°22'15.12&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
, 1205 m], sweeping net, 13.IV.2019, leg. Ahmed M. Soliman [KSMA].
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="35" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
This species probably originates from SE Asia and was repeatedly introduced following trading (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938200770451" author="Boucek, Z" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" pagination="577 - 822" refId="B3" refString="Boucek, Z, 1982. Oriental chalcid wasps of the genus Epitranus. Journal of Natural History 16: 577 - 822, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938200770451" title="Oriental chalcid wasps of the genus Epitranus." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938200770451" volume="16" year="1982">
<normalizedToken originalValue="Bouček">Boucek</normalizedToken>
1982
</bibRefCitation>
), Iran (
<bibRefCitation author="Moravvej, SA" journalOrPublisher="North-Western Journal of Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" pagination="267 - 268" refId="B26" refString="Moravvej, SA, Lotfalizadeh, H, Shishehbor, P, 2018. On the presence of the subfamily Epitraninae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Chalcididae) in Iran. North-Western Journal of Zoology 14 (2): 267 - 268" title="On the presence of the subfamily Epitraninae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Chalcididae) in Iran." volume="14" year="2018">Moravvej et al. 2018</bibRefCitation>
), Saudi Arabia (Asir region) (new record).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.979.52059.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/467093" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" start="Figure 16" startId="F16">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Figure 16.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Chalcididae" genus="Epitranus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epitranus clavatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="35" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clavatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">Epitranus clavatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fabricius) (female)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">A</emphasis>
fore wing (parts of wing membrane and MV and STV magnified)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">B, C</emphasis>
hind leg, excluding coxa (outer and ventral views respectively)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="35">D</emphasis>
metasoma (dorsal view).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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