Epicopterus choreiformis Westwood, 1833

Shojaey, Mahla, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Mehrabadi, Mohammad & Khayrandish, Mohammad, 2025, Contribution to the chalcidoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Iran: new records of family, genus and species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (2), pp. 407-416 : 409

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.2.407

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6BEAA208-A154-4F8A-ABDE-29F7261C8A91

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17028988

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EDB942-FFE6-FFFB-B317-FCB6CCBAFB7E

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Felipe

scientific name

Epicopterus choreiformis Westwood, 1833
status

 

Epicopterus choreiformis Westwood, 1833 View in CoL ( Fig. 2 View Figure 2 )

Material examined. 1♀ ( TMUC), Guilan province, Roodsar, Rahim Abad, Orkom (36°45'44.34"N, 50°18'11.88"E, 1201 m, a. s. l.), 10–17.V.2010, Malaise trap, Leg.: M. Khayrandish GoogleMaps .

Short description. Body length 1.1 mm ( Fig. 2A View Figure 2 ); antenna clavate ( Fig. 2B View Figure 2 ), all funiculars wider than long ( Fig. 2B View Figure 2 ), POL 2.3× as long as OOL ( Fig. 2C View Figure 2 ); clypeus reticulate and convex ( Fig. 2B View Figure 2 ); notauli complete; median area of prepectus reticulate ( Fig. 2D View Figure 2 ); one-third base of wing infuscate ( Fig. 2F View Figure 2 ); dorsal surface of metasoma (except base of metasoma) finely reticulate ( Fig. 2E View Figure 2 ).

Distribution in Iran. Guilan (Current study).

General distribution. Denmark, England, Germany, Iran (New record), Italy, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom ( UCD Community, 2023).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

SuperFamily

Chalcidoidea

Family

Pteromalidae

Genus

Epicopterus

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