Barichneumon syriator AUBERT, 1993, new J

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: JORDAN: 20 km NW Amman, 420 m, 31°54'N, 35°45'E, 1J 5.V.1006, leg. K. Deneš (OLML).

D e s c r i p t i o n: J. Body length 9.8 mm. Flagellum with 35 segments, bristleshaped; 1 st flagellar segment 2.3× as long as wide, distal segments moderately nodose. Tyloids on flagellar segments 4-11, long-oval, maximally 0.9× as long as their segments. Temple short, distinctly and roundly narrowed behind eye. OED 1.2× and OOD 1.8× ocellar diameter. Frons finely rugose-punctate. Face densely punctate, with microsculpture. Clypeus almost flat, finely and densely punctate, smooth between punctures. MI 0.6. Gena in profile 0.7× as wide as eye, densely punctate ventrally. Hypostomal carina slightly elevated.

Notaulus indistinct. Mesoscutum densely punctate, smooth between punctures. Mesopleuron and metapleuron densely punctate, shining. Epicnemial carina not bent or widened ventrally, reaching frontal margin of mesopleuron dorsally. Scutellum slightly elevated, wider than long, densely punctate, with lateral carina in basal 0.2. Propodeum completely carinated. Area basalis with strong tubercle medially. Area superomedia heart-shaped, wider than long; costula reaching at its middle. Fore metatarsus with apical tooth. Hind femur densely punctate, 4.0× as long as wide. External surface of hind tibia with multiple denticular spines. Areolet pentagonal, frontal distance between veins 2rs-m and 3rs-m 2× the width of a vein. Vein 1cu-a almost interstitial.

Postpetiole moderately widened, with latero-median carina in basal half, densely punctate. Gastrocoelus slightly impressed. Thyridium slightly oblique, 0.5× as wide as interval between thyridia. 2 nd tergite 1.0× as long as wide. 2 nd and 3 rd tergites densely punctate, smooth between punctures. Hypopygium unmodified.

Color: Black. Flagellum black. Palps mainly, side of clypeus, inner orbit up to vertex, stripe on outer orbit, collar and upper margin of pronotum, subtegular ridge, and apical 2/3 of scutellum ivory. Tergites black, 2 nd and 3 rd tergites entirely and 4 th tergite basolaterally red. Coxae and trochanters black. Fore and mid femora black, reddish apically; hind femur red; fore and mid tibiae brownish; hind tibia red, black in apical half, all tarsi blackish. Wings hyaline, pterostigma dark brown.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Known from Syria, new record for Jordan.