Eupelmus iris Fusu & Gibson, 2016

Li, Zixuan, Xu, Shirui, Wang, Zongying, Chen, Pengfei, Wu, Jianqin & Peng, Lingfei, 2025, Species of Eupelmidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Fujian Tianbaoyan National Nature Reserve, China, Zootaxa 5665 (3), pp. 349-373 : 361

4.1 Eupelmus iris Fusu & Gibson, 2016 , n. rec.

Fig. 8

Eupelmus (Eupelmus) iris Fusu & Gibson, 2016: 127–131 .

Material examined. CHINA: 1♀, Goudunping, Fujian Tianbaoyan National Natural Reserve, Sanming City , Fujian Province, 9 October 2020, Malaise trap, DNA 848 ( FAFU) .

Distribution. * China (* Fujian), Japan.

Remarks. Females of E. iris resemble those of E. tachardiae (Howard) and E. xenium Fusu & Gibson , but females of both of the latter two species have a vertexal carina, which is absent from E. iris females ( Fig. 8C ). Additionally, as described by Gibson & Fusu (2016), our specimen has quite a dark scape with a metallic luster, though noticeably lighter orangey-brown mediolongitudinally on the inner surface ( Fig. 8D,E ). In contrast, the scape of E. xenium is entirely yellow or extensively pale.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Eupelmus iris (DNA 848): A, body, dorsal; B, body, lateral; C, head, dorsal; D, head, frontal; E, antennae; F, mesotarsus; G, mesosoma, dorsal; H, mesosoma, lateral; I, fore wing and gaster; J, basal part of fore wing.