Belyta rugosicollis Kieffer 1909

Belyta rugosicollis Kieffer, 1909

Figs 28–34

MATERIAL EXAMINED (79 ♂). Mazandaran Province: Noor, Chamestan, Tangehvaz (36°18′51.42″ N, 52°07′48.00″ E, 1359 m a.s.l.), 13.VII 2011, 1 ♂ (TMUC); 05.IX 2011, 1 ♂ (TMUC); 26.IX 2011, 2 ♂, leg. M. Khayrandish (TMUC); Kiasar, Haftkhal (36°17′19″ N, 53°23′43″ E, 1624 m a.s.l.), 3 ♂ (TMUC). Gilan Province: Sowme'eh Sara, Gurab Zarmikh, Tanian (37°17′20″ N, 49°05′54″ E, 252 m a.s.l.), 08.VII 2017, 1 ♂ (TMUC); 05.IX 2017, 1 ♂ (TMUC); Lavandevil forest (38°18′19″ N, 48°42′57″ E, 873 m a.s.l.), 06.VI 2017, 2 ♂, leg. S. Farahani (TMUC); Shafaroud forest (37°28′18″ N, 48°49′23″ E, 1114 m a.s.l), 25.VI 2018, 37 ♂ (RIRF); 26.VIII 2018, 14 ♂ (TMUC); 19.X 2018, 12 ♂ (TMUC); Rezvan Shahr (37°31′00″ N, 49°2′7″E, 199 m a.s.l), 13.V 2018, 2 ♂, leg. F. Kazerani (RIRF). Golestan Province: Shamooshak forest (36°43′55″ N, 54°16′53″ E, 492 m a.s.l.), 26.VII 2016, 2 ♂ (TMUC); Tuskestan forest (36°46′33″ N, 54°34′58″ E, 500 m a.s.l.), 26.X 2016, 1 ♂, leg. S. Farahani (TMUC).

DIAGNOSIS. Male (Fig. 28). Body length 3.1–3.3 mm; face smooth and pubescent (Fig. 29), head in dorsal view transverse, 1.6 times as wide as long, smooth and pubescent (Fig. 30); POL 0.65 times as long as OOL; antenna slender; A3 basally with emargination, reaching 0.33 of this segment length (Fig. 31); A4 3.0 times as long as wide; epomia strongly prominent; mesoscutum and scutellum convex and pubescent; anterior scutellar pit subsquare; fore wing length 2.6–2.9 mm; marginal vein 0.4–0.5 times as long as its distance from basal vein (Fig. 32); inner side of fore tibiae with three bristles (Fig. 33); dorsal area of propodeum smooth and with sparse setae; median propodeal keel widely forked (Fig. 34); petiole in dorsal view 1.7–1.9 times as long as wide, with longitudinal keels (Fig. 34); T2 anteriorly with a median groove and laterally with some striations.

DISTRIBUTION. Iran (new record); Austria, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland (Nixon, 1957; Wall, 1967; Macek, 1996).

BIOLOGY. Unknown.