Phanerotoma permixtellae Fischer, 1968 Figs 291-293, 294-304

Phanerotoma permixtellae Fischer, (April) 1968a: 107-109; Shenefelt 1973: 922.

Phanerotoma olearia Fischer, (Dec.) 1968b: 331-333; Shenefelt 1973: 921 (synonymized with P. permixtellae Fischer by van Achterberg (1990)).

Phanerotoma (Bracotritoma) permixtellae; van Achterberg, 1990: 53-54.

Type material.

Paratype of P. permixtellae, ♀, (NMW): " Phanerotoma permixtellae n. sp., ♀, det. Fischer/ Paratype" (according to the original description the type locality is Syria, Lattaquié); holotype of P. olearia, (MG): " Phanerotoma olearia n. sp., det. Fischer / Holotype", "C.I.L.B., Ex.: S/ olivier, Syrie"; 1♀, paratype of P. olearia, (NMW): "Syrien, an Ölbaum, lg Katlab", " Phanerotoma olearia n. sp., ♀, det. Fischer/Paratype".

Additional material.

From Yemen (Al Kowd; Ta’izz; Seyun; Al Kadan; Al Mukalla; Al Lahima).

Diagnosis.

Antenna of ♀ submedially widened (Figs 291, 303) and antennal segments of ♀ stout and cylindrical, but six apical segments narrowed basally and moniliform (Fig. 304); inner tooth of mandible 0.6-0.9 × apical tooth (Fig. 302); clypeus rather narrow (Fig. 300); vein 1-M yellow; parastigma and most of pterostigma brown; vein m-cu of fore wing distinctly postfurcal; vein r of fore wing vertical (Fig. 294); hind femur and tibia rather swollen (Fig. 298); third metasomal tergite rather matt and densely sculptured, slightly convex medially (Fig. 296) and obtuse posteriorly in lateral view (Fig. 297); ovipositor sheath somewhat widened apically (Fig. 297); hypopygium of ♀ with short triangular protuberance (Fig. 297); hind femur of both sexes similar (Figs 293, 298).

Distribution.

Greece, Iran, Israel, Syria, *Yemen.

Biology.

Reared from Cacochroa permixtella (H.-S.) ( Oecophoridae) on olive.