Phaedrotoma pseudonitidus (Fahringer, 1943)

Material collected: Iran, Tehran province: shahriar (35°40′08″N, 50°56′56″E, 1168 m a.s.l.), 28.IX.2010, 1♀, leg.: M. Khayrandish.

Diagnosis (Female): Body length 1.6 mm (Fig. 10A); greater part of body dark brownish yellow (Fig. 10A); antannae longer than body, with 23 antennomeres; oral cavity developed (Fig. 10C); mandibles gradually broadened basally (Fig. 10C); mesonotum with usual structure, without medio-posterior mesoscutal depression (Fig. 10D); mesosoma 1.5× its maximum height (Fig. 10E); precoxal sulcus smooth (Fig. 10E); 3RSa vein longer than 2RS vein, marginal cell on forewing definitely not reaching apex of wing (Fig. 10F); propodeum smooth (Fig. 10G); metasoma posterior to 1st tergite sculptured (Fig. 10H); ovipositor sheaths slightly extended beyond apex of metasoma (Fig. 10J).

Distribution in Iran: Tehran province (current study).

General distribution: Bulgaria, Kazakhstan (Yu et al. 2016) and Iran (new record).