Adelungiini Baker 1915

Key to species of tribe Adelungiini of Iran [Achrus prodigiosus (Melichar, 1902) and Platyproctus impressus (Melichar, 1902) are not included due to the lack of information on their male genitalia structure] 1. Aedeagal shaft more or less flattened (Figs 15 a–c, 16 a–b, 17b). Ovipositor with round apex. Subtribe Achrina.......... 2 -. Aedeagal shaft tubular-shaped (Figs 18a, b, 19a, b, 20a, b, 21a, b, 22a, b, 23a, b, 24a, b) Ovipositor with sharp apex. Subtribe Adelungiina......................................................................................... 4 2. Frontoclypeus parallel-sided (Fig. 4b).Aedeagal shaft strongly flattened laterally (Fig. 17b). Style with inner and outer processes equal in length (Fig. 17d)............................................ Zubara lycii Al-ne’ami et Linnavuori, 1982 -. Frontoclypeus with diverging lateral margins (Figs 1e, 2b, 3b). Aedeagal shaft slightly flattened laterally (Figs 15c, 16b). Style with inner process distinctly longer than outer one (Figs 15e, 16c)............................................... 3 3. Aedeagal shaft serrated laterally, with an apex turned down (Figs 15a–c). Smaller species measuring shorter than 6 mm in length................................................................... Achrus albicosta (Kusnezov, 1929) -. Aedeagal shaft smooth laterally, with an apex turned up (Figs 16a, b). Larger species measuring 6–9 mm in length................................................................................... Dalus leopardinus (Haupt, 1917) 4. Head with an apical lamellate projection (Figs 5a,b, 6a,b, 7)................................................... 5 -. Head without apical lamellate projection (Figs 8–14)......................................................... 7 5. Apical projection of head distinctly exceeding dorsal curvature of pronotum in lateral view (Figs 5b,7)................. 6 -. Apical projection of head not or slightly exceeding dorsal curvature of pronotum in lateral view (Fig. 6b)....................................................................................... Adelungia primigena Dlabola, 1984 6. Aedeagal shaft with serrated dorsal surface and with a pair of long processes in its proximal half (Fig. 38 in Dlabola, 1984)........................................................................ Adelungia tridigitata Dlabola, 1984 -. Aedeagal shaft with smooth dorsal surface and without processes proximally, but with pair of short lateral projections apically (Figs 18a,b).............................................................. Adelungia elegans Melichar, 1902 7. Forewing basal fourth brown (Fig. 9a). Inner process of style with two subapical teeth one below the other (Fig. 45 in Dlabola, 1960b); Aedeagus with long narrow subapical process (Fig. 46 in Dlabola, 1960b)..... Melicharella basalis Dlabola, 1960 -. Forewing, style and aedeagus not as above................................................................. 8 8. Style with an inner process bifid apically (Fig. 20c). Aedeagal shaft serrated ventrally (Fig. 20b)........................................................................................ Emelyanogramma proxima (Dlabola, 1960) -. Style with an inner process not bifid. Aedeagal shaft smooth or serrated laterally................................... 9 9. Aedeagal shaft serrated laterally (Figs 21a, 23a)............................................................ 10 -. Aedeagal shaft smooth (Figs 22a, 24a)................................................................... 11 10. Aedeagal shaft of uniform width in ventral view, with row of denticles in its distal ¾ (Fig. 23a).......................................................................... Platyproctus omani (Kameswara Rao et Ramakrishnan, 1983) -. Aedeagal shaft slightly narrowed distally in ventral view, with denticles laterally in its distral third (Fig. 21a).............................................................................. Platyproctus agraphopteron Bergevin, 1932 11. Face without brown marks (Figs 11b, 13b)................................................................ 12 -. Face richly marked with brown (Fig. 14b)................................... Platyproctus schaeuffelei Dlabola, 1960 12. Aedeagal shaft narrowing gradually from its base towards apex in ventral view (Fig. 24a)................................................................................................ Platyproctus roseovittatus Dlabola, 1960 -. Aedeagal shaft narrowed abruptly after its base in ventral view (Fig. 22a)......... Platyproctus melichari (Kusnezov, 1929)