Neotrichoporoides viridimaculatus (Fullaway, 1955)

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 : 185-189

Neotrichoporoides viridimaculatus (Fullaway, 1955) ( Fig. 4).

[ Burksia ] Tetrastichus bicolor Saraswat, 1975 ; T. saraswati Husain & Khan, 1986 .

Material examined. 9 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ (HMIM), IRAQ - Basrah province , Hartha, 30°36'23"N, 47°42'59"E, 18.vi.2021, swept on alfalfa, Z.F. Mansowr leg ; 21 ♀♀, 14 ♂♂ (HMIM), Abo Al-Khaseebm , 30°27'36"N, 47°53'35"E, 19.viii.2021, yellow pan trap; Z.F. Mansowr leg ; 7 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂ (HMIM), Shatt Al-Arab , 30°32'20"N, 47°50'48"E, 2.xi.2021, Malaise trap, Z.F. Mansowr leg.

Diagnosis. Female. Body mainly yellow ( Fig. 4) with metallic green to black markings on mesosoma and metasoma ( Figs 4A, 4E, 4F), these are very characteristic and separate this species from other species of the genus. Antenna yellowish-testaceous like the body but slightly darker. Antennal scape slightly (1.1 times) longer than eye. Malar sulcus with small fovea below the eye. F1 2.5 times as long as pedicel ( Figs 4A, 4D). Mesoscutellum with relatively faint submedian grooves, they almost seem absent ( Fig. 4E). Propodeum with submedian area metallic green ( Fig. 4E, 4F). Gaster in dorsal view with dark spots limited to the lateral parts of tergites, and with a cross-shaped spot just beyond the middle of the gaster to its end ( Fig. 4F).

Male. Similar to female except for antenna with inner surface of scape and all flagellum dark brown; scape comparatively longer, 1.3 times as long as eye ( Fig. 4B). Gaster with lateral dark spots joining together at the middle, and the last tergites integrally have brown spots ( Fig. 4B, 4G).

Distribution. Nearctic: USA ( LaSalle, 1994); Neotropic: Argentina ( Graham, 1987), Bermuda ( De Santis & Fidalgo, 1994), Colombia (Domenichini, 1966), Cuba ( De Santis, 1979); Oceania: Hawaii ( Graham, 1987); Oriental : India ( Narendran et al., 2006); Palaearctic: China ( Zhu and Huang, 2001), Europe ( UCD Community, 2023), Iran ( Hesami et al., 2018), Iraq (new record), Turkey ( Sakaltaş & GenÇer, 2005).