Opius (Misophthora) rufimixtus Fischer, 1958

Material collected: Iran, Mazandaran province: Joorband (36°26′17″N, 52°07′16″E, 272 m a.s.l.), 5.XI.2011, 1♀ ; Qazvin province: Zereshk Road (36°22′14″N, 49°40′02″E, 1926 m a.s.l), 5.IX.2011, 1♀, leg.: M. Khayrandish.

Diagnosis (Female): Body length 1.8 mm, dark brownish red (Fig. 7A); antenna with 24 antennomeres, somewhat longer than body; oral cavity developed (Fig. 7B); mandibles gradually widened basally (Fig. 7B); temples half as long as length of eye in dorsal view (Fig. 7B); medio-posterior mesoscutal depression punctiform (Fig. 7C); mesosoma with reddish dark brown pattern, its length 1.3× longer than its maximum height (Fig. 7D); precoxal sulcus entirely smooth (Fig. 7D); propodeum at least in anterior part smooth (Fig. 7E); pterostigma cuneate, 3RSa vein longer than 2RS vein (Fig. 7F); length of hind femur 3.3× its maximum width (Fig. 7G); ovipositor longer than half length of metasoma and clearly extended beyond apex of metasoma (Fig. 7H); apical half of metasomal tergites black (Fig. 7H).

Distribution in Iran: Mazandaran and Qazvin provinces (current study).

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