Pristomerus Curtis 1836
Creators: name: Heydari, Maryam Zardouei
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Rousse, Pascal
name: Mokhtari, Azizollah
name: Schwarz, Martin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Pristomerus

description: Key to the species of the genus Pristomerus Curtis, 1836 in Iran
1. Body entirely pale yellow (Fig. 4C), flagellomeres, small spots on the median and lateral lobes of mesoscutum and dorsal part of metasoma brown................................................................................... 2
- Body mostly black (Figs. 4A, 4B, 4D), at most metasomal tergites with a narrow yellow band on posterior margins........ 5
2. Fore wing with Cu & cu-a intercepted at least at 0.85 of its length, or not broken at all.............................................................................................. Pristomerus mesopotamicus Horstmann, 1990
- Fore wing with Cu & cu-a intercepted at 0.65–0.8 of its length (Figs 1G, 3C)...................................... 3
3. Fore wing with vein 1/M between Rs and 2m-cu about as long as Rs (Fig. 3C). Second metasomal tergite smooth................................................................................. Pristomerus luridus Kokujev, 1905
- Fore wing with vein 1/M between Rs and 2m-cu distinctly longer or shorter than Rs (Fig. 1G). Second metasomal tergite longitudinally striate (Fig. 1I)............................................................................... 4
4. Mesoscutum very densely punctured (Fig. 1E). Propodeal areola 1.7× as long as wide (Fig. 1F). Fore wing with 1/M between Rs and 2m-cu distinctly longer than (about 1.4×) Rs (Fig. 1G). Hind femur (female) narrow (its length about 4.0× its width), with a small and straight tooth-like process on ventral margin (Fig. 1H)............................................................................................... Pristomerus mirzakhaniae Zardouei & Rakhshani sp. nov.
- Mesoscutum very sparsely punctured. Propodeal areola 2.8× as long as wide. Fore wing with 1/M between Rs and 2m-cu distinctly shorter than (about 0.6×) Rs. Hind femur (male) thick (its length about 3.0× its width), with a weak and straight toothlike process on ventral margin, followed by a row of rather strong denticles........ Pristomerus persicus Riedel et al. 2019
5. Occipital carina dorso-medially interrupted and slightly down-curved (Fig. 2B). Eyes slightly convergent in lower part (Fig. 2E). Hind femur uniformly yellowish and stout (its length about 3.4× its width) (Fig. 3D). Second lateral area of propodeum wide, its length less than 1.4× width) (Fig. 2H)................................ Pristomerus horribilis Narolsky, 1987
- Occipital carina dorso-medially not interrupted (Figs. 2A, 2C). Eyes slightly divergent in lower part (Figs. 2D, 2F). Hind femur basally and apically yellowish and slender (its length about 3.7× its width) (Figs. 3B, 3F). Second lateral area of propodeum narrow, its length more than 1.8× width) (Figs. 2G, 2I)........................................................ 6
6. Propodeal areola 2.0× as long as wide (Fig. 2G). Fore wing with vein 1/M about 1.4× as long as Rs (Fig. 3A). Female hind femur with a strong and straight tooth-like process on ventral margin (Fig. 3B)........ Pristomerus armatus (Lucas, 1849)
- Propodeal areola 1.3× as long as wide (Fig. 2I). Fore wing with vein 1/M about 1.8× as long as Rs (Fig. 3E). Female hind femur with a strong and curved tooth-like process on ventral margin (Fig. 3F)............ Pristomerus vulnerator (Panzer, 1799)
description: Published as part of Heydari, Maryam Zardouei, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Rousse, Pascal, Mokhtari, Azizollah & Schwarz, Martin, 2020, A new species of Pristomerus Curtis, 1836 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae Cremastinae) and key to the known species in Iran, pp. 187-194 in Zootaxa 4809 (1) on page 192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4809.1.12, http://zenodo.org/record/3933862