Neotrichoporoides cavigena Graham, 1987

Mansowr, Zainab F., Jafarlu, Majid & Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, 2025, Discovery of the genus Neotrichoporoides Girault, 1913 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Iraq, with three new records, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1), pp. 183-193 : 185

Neotrichoporoides cavigena Graham, 1987 ( Fig. 3).

Material examined. 8 ♂♂ (HMIM), IRAQ - Basrah province , Hartha, 30°36'23"N, 47°42'59"E, 18.vi.2021, Malaise trap, Z.F. Mansowr leg ; 6 ♂♂ (HMIM), Abo Al-Khaseeb , 30°27'36"N, 47°53'35"E, 19.viii.2021, same data as for preceding ; 2 ♂♂ (HMIM), Shatt Al-Arab ; 30°32'20"N, 47°50'48"E, 28.ix.2021, swept on alfalfa; Z.F. Mansowr leg.

Diagnosis. Male. Body metallic green without any pale marking ( Fig. 3) except for yellowish-testaceous legs ( Fig. 3A) and dark brown antenna ( Figs 3A, 3D). Malar fovea large and deep ( Figs 3A, 3D). Antennal scape shorter than eye, and 3 times as long as wide; pedicel 2.2 times as long as wide; F1–F3 2.6 times as long as wide; flagellum almost with the same size as whole body; toruli situated at the middle of face. Malar sulcus distinctly curved ( Figs 3A, 3D). Mesoscutum with distinct median line and four adnotaular setae at one row on each side. Propodeaum medially 1.6 times as long as dorsellum ( Figs 3B).

Distribution. Palaearctic: Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, France ( Graham, 1987), Iraq (new record), Russia ( Yegorenkova & Kostjukov, 2006), Slovakia ( Kalina, 1989), Turkey ( Sakaltaş & GenÇer, 2005)