Foenatopus turcomanorum ( Semenov, 1891 )

Foenatopus turcomanorum ( Semenov, 1891) ( Figs 4–5)

Material examined. 1 ♀ (HMIM), Iran, West-Azarbaijan province , Mahabad-Sardasht road, Kavlan village ( 36°23'42"N, 45°40'8"E, 1586 m), 8.ix.2019, Malaise trap, S. Karimi leg. GoogleMaps

Remarks. This species can be separated from F. prousti by a distinctly smaller white spot of metasoma ( Fig. 5J) ( viz. larger in F. prousti ( Fig. 3E)); uniformly colored hind tibia ( Fig. 5G) ( viz. with a distinct median white band in F. prousti ( Fig. 3B, 3C)); uniformly colored petiole ( Fig. 5E) ( viz. with distinct basal and distal white bands in F. prousti ( Fig. 3D)).

Aguiar et al. (2010) compared it with F. bisignatus Aguiar & Jennings, 2010 ; F. hesperophagus Aguiar, 2010 ; and F. crispus Aguiar, 2010 . It can be distinguished from other species by the following relevant characters: globular head ( Fig. 5B); pronotum transversely strigate with microreticulate between them ( Fig. 5C); smooth and polished interfoveolar area; vein 1Cu nearly as long as cross vein 1cu-a, vein 1-1A apically straight and vein 2-1A spectral on fore wing ( Fig. 5F); unicolorous propodeum ( Fig. 5D); two small white spots on T4 widely separated ( Fig. 5J).

Distribution. Central Asian countries including Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan ( Semenov, 1891; Tobias, 1988) and Turkey ( Yildirim & Kolarov, 2006). New record for Iran (West-Azarbaijan province).

Ecology. The current collecting date ( 8.IX.2019) of this species and correspondence in Turkmenistan (11. VI.[18]88) (Aguiar et al., 2010), may indicate at least a long period of adult flight. More sampling needs to reveal the precise flight period of this species but this group of parasitic wasps are rarely collected .