Opius (Opiothorax) phytobiae Fischer, 1959

Material collected: Iran, Guilan province: Orkom (36°45′44″N, 50°18′11″E, 1201 m a.s.l.), 3.V.2010, 1♀, leg.: M. Khayrandish.

Diagnosis (Female): Body length 1.9 mm (Fig. 9A); antenna 1.5× as long as body, with 22 antennomeres; head behind eyes not broadened; face black or very dark brown (Fig. 9B); clypeus narrow falcate (Fig. 9B); oral cavity developed (Fig. 9B); mandibles abruptly widened basally (Fig. 9B); mesosoma 1.3× its maximum height (Fig. 9C); precoxal sulcus not developed (Fig. 9C); mesonotum with usual structure, without medio-posterior mesoscutal depression; pterostigma cuneate; 3RSb vein 3.0× as long as 3RSa, marginal cell terminating near to apex of wing, m-cu vein almost interstitial, 2nd submarginal cell and 3RSa vein longer, 3RSa vein less than 2.0× as long as 2RS vein (Fig. 9D); length of hind femur 4.0× its maximum width (Fig. 9F); propodeum smooth; first metasomal tergite barely sculptured, remaining metasomal tergites smooth; metasoma yellow except first tergite black (Fig. 9F); ovipositor sheaths slightly extended beyond apex of metasoma (Fig. 9F).

Distribution in Iran: Guilan province (current study).

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