Neotrichoporoides basiflavus Li & Li, 2021

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 basiflavus Li & Li, 2021 ( Fig. 2)

Material examined. 8 ♂♂ (HMIM), IRAQ - Basrah province , Hartha, 30°36'23"N, 47°42'59"E, 23.iv.2021; swept on alfalfa; Z.F. Mansowr leg ; 9 ♂♂ (HMIM), Abo Al-Khaseeb , 30°27'36"N, 47°53'35"E; 05.vii.2021; same data as for preceding ; 12 ♂♂ (HMIM), Shatt Al-Arab , 30°32'20"N, 47°50'48"E, 13.x.2021, yellow pan trap, Z.F. Mansowr leg ; 4 ♂♂ (HMIM), Zubair , 30°18'43"N, 47°43'37"E; Malaise trap, Z.F. Mansowr leg.

Diagnosis. Male. Body metallic green ( Fig. 2) with yellow head except for vertex and occiput ( Figs 2A, 2B, 2D); basal gastral tergites and sternites yellow and the rest concolorous with thorax ( Figs 2A, 2E2). Antennal scape slightly shorter than eye but reaching vertex; scape slightly more than 4 times, and pedicel about 2 times as long as wide. F1 1.5 times as long as pedicel; toruli situated well above the lower margin of eye. Malar sulcus straight to slightly curved at the end ( Figs 2A, 2D). Pronotum with posterior margin concave in the middle ( Fig. 2B); mesoscutum 1.8–1.9 times as long as wide; median line absent; metanotum narrow; propodeum with median carina and without paraspiracular carinae; propodeal spiracles rounded and moderate in size ( Fig. 2B).

Distribution. Palaearctic: China ( Li & Li, 2021), Iraq (new record) ( Fig. 1).