Apodesmia posticatae (Fischer, 1957)

Material collected: Iran, Guilan province: Ziaz (36°52′27″N, 50°13′24″E, 490 m a.s.l.), 11.X.2011, 1♀, leg.: M. Khayrandish.

Diagnosis (Female): Body length 3.1 mm (Fig. 1A); antenna 1.5× as long as body, with 30 antennomeres; head transverse, temple roundly narrowed behind eye, somewhat shorter than longitudinal diameter of eye (Fig. 1B); face slightly wider than high (Fig. 1C); width of clypeus 2.0× its maximum height (Fig. 1C); mandibles uniformly broadened basally; oral cavity well developed (Fig. 1C); notauli entirely absent (Fig. 1D); medio-posterior mesoscutal depression elongate (Fig. 1D); scutellum entirely smooth (Fig. 1D); mesosoma 1.25× longer than its maximum height (Fig. 1E); mesopleuron smooth, mesepimeral sulcus on posterior margin of mesopleuron smooth (Fig. 1E), precoxal sulcus crenulate (Fig. 1E); pterostigma cuneate, m-cu vein postfurcal, 3RSa vein longer than 2RS vein (Fig. 1F); length of hind femur 5.0× its maximum width (Fig. 1G); propodeum somewhat rugose, without transverse ridge (Fig. 1H); first metasomal tergite 1.5× its maximum width at apex (Fig. 1I); second metasomal tergite entirely smooth (Fig. 1J); first metasomal tergite black, remaining metasomal tergites dark brownish yellow (Fig. 1J); ovipositor sheaths extended beyond apex of metasoma (Fig. 1J).

Distribution in Iran: Guilan province (current study).

General distribution: Eastern and Western Palaearctic (Yu et al. 2016) and Iran (new record).