Miscophus flavus Schmid-Egger & Ghaderipour, 2025

Miscophus flavus Schmid-Egger & Ghaderipour sp. nov.

( Figs 1–3 View FIGURES 1–8 )

Holotype: IRAN ♀ 06.vii.2012, Hormozgan province, Minab county, Goleshvar , 27.974N, 56.998E, A. Ameri ( ZSM). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis: Miscophus flavus belongs to the M. bytinskii species group and is unique amoung all Palearctic Miscophus species by a completely smooth and impunctate body, and completely orange-red ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–8 ). The pronotal collar has a tooth-shaped tip in the middle.

Description of female: Body length: 4.0 mm. Color: All orange red, ACM, upper frons and mesoscutum somewhat darker than remaining parts, apex of mandible black. Wings transparant, wing venation reddish, costa black. Lower face with a few sparse and short pale setae. Morphology: Body completely shiny and smooth, impunctate. Medial part of ACM evenly curved. OOL = 1.5 × ocellar diameter, POL = 2.5 × ocellar diameter. AS 3 as long as AS 1. Pronotal collar medially near posterior margin with tooth-shaped tip. Propodeal dorsum and propodeum laterally with indistinct, barely visible striation ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–8 ), angle between dorsal and back surfaces of propodeum (lateral view) approximately 130 o. Forebasitarsus with two long black spines, apical spine as long as second tarsal segment.

Male: Unknown.

Distribution: Hormozgan province in southern Iran.

Etymology: The species name means yellow in Latin, referring to the orange-yellow body color of this species.

Remark: The holotype is broken and glued to a white card. This species was collected in Goleshvar village, northern Hormozgan province, situated in the plain areas of Minab at an elevation of 14 meters. The vegetation of Goleshvar consists of tropical fruit orchards, including mango, citrus, and palms, along with meadow lands. The climate is hot and humid, with an average annual temperature of 28.6°C and an aridity index of 5.84 ( Asadpour & Soltanipoor 2017; Paroon et al., 2019).