Study of the genus Bracon Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Southern Iran with description of a new species
Author
Ameri, Ali
Author
Talebi, Ali Asghar
Author
Beyarslan, Ahmet
Author
Kamali, Karim
Author
Rakhshani, Ehsan
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-01-16
3754
4
353
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.2
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Bracon
(
Glabrobracon
)
variator
Nees
(
Figs 9
A–D)
Material Examined:
Iran
, Hormozgan province, Zakin (27° 28′ 53.23″ N, 56° 18′ 27.03″ E,
680 m
a.s.l.),
24-04- 2012
, 1 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri.
Diagnosis:
Head dark brown (
Fig. 9
B), 1.61 X as broad as long in dorsal view, malar space 0.22 X as longitudinal diameter of eye; antenna 23-segmented, oral cavity 1.2 X as long as its distance to eye; mesonotum polished, propleuron in lateral view straight, smooth and glossy, propodeum entirely polished; fore wing marginal cell elongate, terminating near the apex of the wing, second submarginal cell medium sized, 3-SR vein equal to or slightly longer than 2-SR vein (
Fig. 9
C); length of first metasomal tergite 1.4 X as long as its apical width, tergite II-VII polished, length of ovipositor sheath and color pattern is highly variable, ovipositor sheath about 1.4 X as long as metasoma and covered with long hairs; body generally dark brown to black, second tergite and lateral area of the subsequent tergite reddish brown (
Fig. 9
A).
FIGURE 9.
Bracon
(
Glabrobracon
)
variator
Nees. A. Lateral
aspect of female general habitus, B. Dorsal aspect of head, C. Fore wing, D. Dorsal aspect of metasoma and ovipositor.
General distribution
: Eastern Palaearctic (
China
,
Korea
,
Mongolia
,
Russia
), Western Palaearctic (
Armenia
,
Austria
,
Azerbaijan
,
Belgium
,
Bosnia Herzegovina
,
Bulgaria
, Canary Islands,
Croatia
,
Cyprus
,
Czech Republic
,
England
,
Finland
,
France
,
Germany
,
Greece
,
Hungary
,
Iran
,
Ireland
,
Israel
,
Italy
,
Kazakhstan
,
Latvia
,
Lithuania
,
Macedonia
,
Moldova
,
Netherlands
,
Poland
,
Romania
,
Russia
,
Serbia
,
Slovakia
,
Slovenia
,
Spain
,
Sweden
,
Switzerland
,
Tajikistan
,
Tunisia
,
Turkey
,
Turkmenistan
,
Ukraine
,
Uzbekistan
) (
Yu
et al.
2012
).