Miscophus binaludensis Schmid-Egger, 2025

Schmid-Egger, Christian, Ghaderipour, Zahra, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Mehrabadi, Mohammad & Madjdzadeh, Seyed Massoud, 2025, New species of Miscophus Jurine, 1807 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae), Zootaxa 5588 (1), pp. 185-193 : 191

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.1.9
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B356780E-CD9D-4895-B343-3B216603FB04
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14896434
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DE68757D-5F40-FF88-C3A8-14BAFE20FB4A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Miscophus binaludensis Schmid-Egger
status	sp. nov.

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Miscophus binaludensis Schmid-Egger sp. nov.

( Figs 14–17, 22 View FIGURES 9–16 View FIGURES 17–22 )

Holotype: IRAN ♀ 16.vii.2022, Razawi-Korasan province, 20 km S Shandiz, Binalud Mt . 2534m, 36.262N, 59.120E, C. Schmid-Egger ( ZSM). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis: Miscophus binaludensis belongs to the M. nicolai species group and is unique among all examined Miscophus species by large yellow spots on fore and midfemora, in combination with hindfemur black and tibiae red ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 9–16 ). The only other species with yellow spots on the legs is M. corsicus de Andrade, 1960 from Corsica in France. M. corsicus has three basitarsal spines (two in M. binaludensis ) and all red legs.

Description of female: Body length: 6.0 mm. Color: Black. Mandible reddish apart black apex and base. AS 1 pale yellowish below ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 9–16 ), AS 2 with small pale yellowish spot apically below. Forefemur with large pale yellow spot apically below, ca. 0.4x as long as femur (fig. 17). Midfemur with smaller apical pale yellow spot, 0,25 × as long as femur. All coxae with apical yellow spots. Wing venation brown. Lower face with scattered silvery-golden pubescence. Morphology: Medial part of ACM laterally with rounded inconspicuous corner ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 9–16 ). OOL = 1,5 × ocellar diameter, POL = 2.5 × ocellar diameter. Face, mesosoma and terga punctate, punctures less than a diameter apart, interspaces dull, on mesoscutum somewhat sparser punctate. Propodeal dorsum 1,5 × as wide as long, with distinct medial keel ( Fig. 16 View FIGURES 9–16 ), laterally with indistinct diagonal striae, lateral parts punctate. Forebasitarsus with two spines (at one side with very short third basal spine), apical spine as long as 0,8 × length of second tarsal segment.

Male: Unknown.

Distribution: Razawi-Korasan province in Northeast Iran.

Etymology: The species is named after the type area, the Binalud mountains in northeast Iran, a famous collecting place ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 17–22 ).