Discovery and description of the male Echthromyrmex sehitlerolmez

نویسندگان

1 Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University

2 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, IRAN

3 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, IRAN.

4 Azad University of Arak/ Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection

5 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia.

doi
10.22117/jesi.2019.122800.1249
چکیده

The male sex of Echthromyrmex sehitlerolmez Koçak & Kemal, 2008 is here described for the first time from Iran. The species was previously known based on the description of the female specimen from Turkey. This is also the first record of this species in Iran. The species was compared with Echthromyrmex platypterus, the other species of this genus. The illustration of male and female habitus and male genitalia of both species is provided.