Drepanura tuxeni Nosek, 1964

Drepanura tuxeni Nosek, 1964 View in CoL ( Figs 1A–1B)

Material examined. South Khorasan province, Birjand, Band-darreh, 32°49.11'N, 59°13.00'E, Soil , 1682 m, 11.v.2019, n= 10, leg. M.M. Rabieh. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Body colour pattern as Figure 1A. Diagnostic characters of the species according to Jordana (2012) is as below: “Body length up to 4 mm excluding antennae. Head: Antennal length approximately 1.96 mm, between 2 and 3 times the length of the head (2.45), Antennal segment IV without apical vesicle. Relative length of antennal segments I: II: III: IV = 2: 3.8: 3.6: 3.2. Eyes 8+8 ( Fig. 1B), GH smaller than EF. Length ratio of Abdominal segments IV: III <4. Claw with 4 internal teeth: first pair at 64% distance from base of claw, and 2 unpaired teeth, first one at 77% distance from base and the most distal one minute.

Dorsal tooth absent. Empodium spike-like, with smooth external edge on leg III. Length of Man+dens = 1.8 mm. Mucro falcate, mucronal spine present. Abdomen: Abd I: II: III: IV: V: VI = 1.3: 1.5: 1.6: 5.8: 0.8: 0.4. Furca shorter than antenna. Manubrium: dens ratio = 38:45”.

Distribution. Palaearctic, Tajikestan. The species is reported for the first time from Iran.

Tribe Willowsini Yoshii & Suhardjono, 1989