Minthodes oramanatae Gilasian & Ziegler, 2024

Minthodes oramanatae Gilasian & Ziegler View in CoL sp. nov. ( Figs 1–2)

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Type material. Holotype ♂ (glued to a card point): “ IRAN: Kermanshah Prov., / Paveh, Dodan , 1100 m / 35°00'25.5"N, 046°12'51.4"E / 05.VI. 2016, Malaise trap, / M. Zardouei // GoogleMaps HOLOTYPUS ♂ / Minthodes oramanatae / Gilasian & Ziegler / 2023 [red label]; HMIM. Paratypes: 10 ♂♂ (glued to a card point), same data as holotype [ HMIM] GoogleMaps ; 2 ♂♂ (glued to a card point), same data as holotype [ CZB] GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂ (glued to a card point), same data as holotype [ ZMHB] GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The name ‘oramanatae’ (latinized noun, genitive) refers to the Oramanat cultural landscape, where the material of the type series was collected. This region in western Iran is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and is also known as Uramanat or Hawraman.

Diagnosis. Male. Head without proclinate orbital setae; palpus brownish-orange; frons 0.20–0.25 times as wide as an eye in dorsal view; antenna as long as or longer than frons in lateral view; postpedicel 2.50–2.70 times as long as pedicel; scutellum with basal setae; petiole of wing cell r 4+5 0.15–0.25 times as long as vein M beyond bend; legs entirely black; mid tibia with 1 strong and 2–(3) short anterodorsal setae; abdomen shiny black, without microtrichosity, abdominal tergite 2 without marginal setae, abdominal tergite 3 with a pair of discal setae.

Description. Male ( holotype) ( Fig. 1A). statements given in square brackets refer to the variation found among the paratypes). Overall length: 7.5 [6.7–8.5] mm.

Colouration and microtrichosity. Head predominantly dark brown to black; postgenal setulae black; frontal vitta brownish-black; lunule brown; face, gena, parafacial, fronto-orbital plate and occiput covered with grey microtrichosity; upper 1/3 of back of head with black setulae; occipital setulae black except pale posteroventral setulae; pedicel and narrow basal margin of postpedicel orange, other parts of antenna dark brown; prementum brown; palpus brownish-orange; thorax black, predominantly covered with grey microtrichosity, scutum with 2 lateral wide and 1 median narrow longitudinal black vittae extending to anterior margin of scutellum (in posterior view); postalar callus brownish-black; scutellum black, covered with light grey microtrichosity (in posterior view); wing hyaline, brownishinfuscated in anterior margin (cells c, sc and r 1); calypter white, outer margin of lower calypter dark brown; tegula and basicosta orange; halter brownish-orange; legs brownish-black; abdomen entirely shiny black, without microtrichosity; terminalia brown.

Head ( Fig. 1B). Eye bare; genal dilation well developed, with black setulae; height of gena in lateral view about 0.18 [0.16–0.20] times as long as vertical diameter of eye; face 1.20 [1.10–1.20] times as long as frons in lateral view; frons at its narrowest point 0.22 [0.20–0.25] times as wide as an eye in dorsal view; frontal vitta medially almost 2 times as wide as fronto-orbital plate; medial vertical seta nearly 0.50 times as long as vertical diameter of eye, lateral vertical seta absent; ocellar setae proclinate; postocellar setae short, parallel; frons with 7–[9] frontal setae descending to middle of pedicel; facial ridge bare, parafacial bare; fronto-orbital plate with a few scattered setulae outside of frontal setae, without proclinate orbital setae; fronto-orbital plate at level of scape nearly 0.30 times as wide as transverse diameter of eye; parafacial at its narrowest point almost 0.15 times as wide as transverse eye diameter and nearly as wide as postpedicel in lateral view; vibrissa arising at level of lower facial margin and about 0.50–[0.60] times as long as face; lower facial margin not visible in lateral view; postpedicel 2.5–[2.7] times as long as pedicel and about 5.50 times as long as wide; arista thickened almost on basal 1/3, first aristomere very short, second aristomere almost as long as wide; prementum short, about 2.5 times as long as wide; palpus long, with only a few black setulae.

Thorax. Prosternum and proepisternum bare; postpronotum with 2 setae; scutum with 1+0 [1+1] acrostichal, 3+3 dorsocentral, 1+2 intra-alar, 2 notopleural, and 3 supra-alar setae; first postsutural supra-alar seta much shorter than notopleural setae; postalar callus with 2 setae; anatergite bare below lower calypter; katepimeron bare; katepisternum with 2 (1+1) setae; postmetacoxal area membranous; scutellum with 3 pairs of marginal setae, apical setae strong and crossed and nearly 0.70 times as long as divergent, subapical setae; lateral setae absent, basal setae about 1.15 times as long as apical setae.

Wing. Second costal section bare ventrally; costal seta not differentiated; third costal section almost 2.5 times as long as fourth costal section; fourth costal section (between veins R 2+3 and R 4+5) about 1.30 [1.00–1.30] times as long as second costal section (between subcostal break and vein R 1) and 2.25 [2.10– 2.50] times as long as sixth costal section; vein R 4+5 setose halfway to crossvein r-m dorsally and with 3 [2–5] basal setulae ventrally; cell r 4+5 with a petiole 1.4–[1.6] times as long as crossvein r-m and [0.15]– 0.25 times as long as section of vein M beyond bend; section of vein M between crossveins r-m and dm-cu about 2.3 times as long as section between dm-cu and bend of M; bend of M forming a right angle with [or without] a very short appendix; crossvein dm-cu nearly 5 times as long as crossvein r-m.

Leg. Fore leg: coxa bare on anterior and posterior surfaces; tibia with 1 posterior seta and two very short anterodorsal setae; preapical anterodorsal seta almost as long as preapical dorsal seta; tarsomere 1 nearly 1.8–[2.0] times as long as tarsomere 2 and 0.45–[0.50] times as long as tibia; claw long, 1.1–[1.2] times as long as tarsomere 5. Mid leg: tibia with 1 strong and 2–[3] short anterodorsal setae, 2 posterior and 1 ventral setae. Hind leg: tibia with a nearly complete row of irregular anterodorsal, 2 posterodorsal, 2 anteroventral and 2 distinct preapical dorsal setae.

Abdomen. Laterally compressed; middorsal depression of syntergite 1+2 not extending to posterior margin of that segment; syntergite 1+2 without median marginal setae, with 1 pair of lateral marginal setae and 3–4 pairs of lateral discal setae; tergite 3 with 1 pair of median marginal, 2 pairs of lateral marginal and 1 pair of dorsal discal setae; tergite 3 nearly as long as wide; tergites 4–5 each with an almost complete row of marginal setae; tergite 4 with a pair of dorsal discal setae and 2–[3] pairs of lateral discal setae; tergite 5 with irregular rows of discal setae, and 0.55 times as long as tergite 4.

Terminalia ( Figs 2A–C). Sternite 5 ( Fig. 2C) nearly as long as wide with a deep median apical U-shaped depression; syncercus hook-shaped in lateral view; surstylus slightly narrowing to apex, rounded at tip in lateral view ( Fig. 2B) and turned internally in apical 1/ 4 in dorsal view ( Fig. 2A).

Female. Unknown.