Anagyrus aligarhensis Agarwal and Alam, 1959

Anagyrus aligarhensis Agarwal and Alam, 1959 View in CoL

Figs 3, 4

Material examined. 5 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂: IRAN, West-Azarbaijan Province , Naqadeh, Solduz Wetland, 37º02′ N, 45º35′ E, 1277 m a.s.l., 21 July 2020, 29 April 2021, M. Razmi leg., ex Calamagrostis epigejos GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis (abstracted from Mercet 1921). Female ( Fig. 3B): generally non-metallic, orange to fuscous; head with inner orbits testaceous and occiput ochraceous; malar space with a pale yellow streak; pronotum fuscous with lateral pale yellow regions; mesoscutum, scutellum, and metathorax rugose-reticulate; axillae pale yellow; tegula orange with darkened apex ( Fig. 3B); antenna diagnostic: scape markedly broad and laterally compressed, predominantly fuscous with a conspicuous whitish region near the apex; pedicel distinctly bicolored, basal half fuscous and apical half whitish; Fu 1 fuscous, Fu 2 and basal half of Fu 3 whitish, distal half of Fu 3 –Fu 6 tan; clava tan, distinct and rather broad ( Fig. 3D); legs whitish to pale yellow ( Fig. 3B); wings hyaline; postmarginal vein short, 0.25× length of stigmal vein; marginal fringe very short ( Fig. 4E,F); gaster ochraceous to fuscous, triangular and tapering ( Fig. 4C).

Male ( Fig. 3A): similar to females in general coloration but distinguished by fuscous vertex and frons ( Fig. 3A), tegula whitish basally; antenna entirely tan with fuscous markings on scape and pedicel; scape shorter and spindleshaped; funicular segments elongate, with Fu 1 longest, subsequent funicular segments becoming progressively shorter; clava slightly larger than preceding funicular segment ( Fig. 3C); legs whitish to pale yellow; wings hyaline; gaster darker than in females ( Fig. 3A).

Distribution. IRAN: Khuzestan, Tehran, Kermanshah and Kerman provinces ( Fallahzadeh and Japoshvili 2017). EXTRALIMITAL: China, Europe, former USSR, India, Indonesia, Israel, Nepal, North America, Russia, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( UCD Community 2023).

Biological association. Given the substantial presence of a ladybird species ( Nephus Mulsant, 1846 ) among the insects obtained from the sampled specimens during this study, coupled with its documented history of host associations ( Hayat 1986), it is plausible these ladybirds as potential hosts for this species. Previously, some species of Pseudococcidae ( Hemiptera ) and Cheilomenes sexmaculata Fabricius, 1781 ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ) associated with plants of the Lamiaceae , Moraceae and Poaceae families, have also been identified as hosts ( UCD Community 2023).