Minthodes oramanatae, Gilasian & Ziegler & Jalilian & Allahvaisi, 2024

Key to the Iranian species of Minthodes Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 View in CoL

1 Antenna about 1/2 as long as frons in lateral view; frons in male at its narrowest point distinctly narrower than postpedicel. ................................................................................................................................ 2

— Antenna as long as or longer than frons in lateral view; frons in male at its narrowest point wider than postpedicel, at least 1/5 as wide as an eye in dorsal view. ............................................................................ 3

2 Face twice as long as distance between vibrissae; postpedicel about 1.3 (male) and 1.1 (female) times as long as pedicel; petiole of wing cell r4+5 0.6–0.7 times as long as section of vein M beyond bend; anepimeral seta absent or indistinct; abdominal syntergite 1+2 distinctly microtrichose lateroventrally; tergite 3 with a narrow anteromarginal band of grey microtrichosity, widely extending lateroventrally and detached from anterior margin of tergite; tergite 4 with only a dorsomedian longitudinal band of grey microtrichosity. ............................................................................................. M. latifacies Herting, 1983 View in CoL

— Face 1.5 times as long as distance between vibrissae; postpedicel about 1.9 (male) and 1.5 (female) times as long as pedicel; petiole of wing cell r 4+5 almost 0.25 times as long as section of vein M beyond bend; anepimeral seta present; abdominal syntergite 1+2 without microtrichosity; tergites 3–4 each with a narrow anteromarginal band of grey microtrichosity widening lateroventrally close to anterior margin of tergites. .................................................................... M. pictipennis Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 View in CoL

3 Frons in male at its narrowest point 0.20–0.25 times as wide as an eye in dorsal view (female unknown); petiole of wing cell r 4+5 0.15–0.25 times as long as section of vein M beyond bend; postpedicel in male 2.5–2.7 times as long as pedicel. ............................................. M. oramanatae View in CoL sp. nov.

— Frons in male and female at its narrowest point 0.5–1.0 times as wide as an eye in dorsal view; petiole of wing cell r 4+5 0.75 times as long as section of vein M beyond bend; postpedicel in male shorter or longer than 2.5–2.7 times as long as pedicel. .................................................................................................... 4

4 Frons in male and female at its narrowest point 0.5–0.6 and 0.70–0.75 times as wide as an eye in dorsal view respectively; postpedicel 1.8–2.1 (male) and 1.55–1.65 (female) times as long as pedicel; scutellum without basal setae; petiole of wing cell r 4+5 0.70–0.95 times as long as section of vein M beyond bend; abdomen shining black in male, orange-red lateroventrally in female. ................. M. atra ( Kugler, 1971) View in CoL

— Frons in male and female at its narrowest point 0.85–1.00 times as wide as an eye in dorsal view; postpedicel 2.8–3.6 (male) and 2.2–2.4 (female) times as long as pedicel; scutellum with basal setae; petiole of wing cell r 4+5 0.5–0.6 times as long as section of vein M beyond bend; abdominal tergites 2–4 orange-red lateroventrally in both sexes. ............................................... M. susae Gilasian & Ziegler, 2016 View in CoL