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 text Zootaxa 2014 2014-01-16 3754 4 353 380 journal article 46655 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.2 d14957c0-9d65-4b8c-9c58-d78b1e632a2e 1175-5326 285429 78BF5DF4-5BB3-49C5-9206-5D11C28F6874 Bracon ( Bracon ) intercessor Nees, 1834 ( Figs 4 A–C) Material examined: Iran , Hormozgan province, Queshm Island , Ramkan (26° 52′ 25.27″ N, 56° 1′ 7.33″ E, 34 m a.s.l.), 21-02-2011 , 2 ♀, Hajiabbad, Tezerj (27° 17′ 51.81″ N, 55° 45′ 14.76″ E, 867 m a.s.l.), 19-04-2011 , 1 ♀, Qale Qazi (27° 26′ 53.33″ N, 56° 32′ 53.03″ E, 42 m a.s.l.), 22-03-2011 , 2 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri. Diagnosis: Head yellow with black area surrounding ocelli ( Fig. 4 A), 1.83 X as broad as long in dorsal view and temple usually receded, length of malar space 0.30 X longitudinal eye diameter, antenna 31-segmented, shorter than body, oral cavity equal to its distance to eye; mesonotum smooth, propleuron in lateral view straight and sculpture, propodeum weakly sculptured with median longitudinal carina at the basal half; fore wing marginal cell terminating near the wing apex, second submarginal cell short, 3-SR vein about 1.2 X as long as 2-SR vein, SR-1 vein straight, r-m vein 1.17 X as long as r vein ( Fig. 4 B); first metasomal tergite broader behind than length, sculpture of tergites rougher and extending to their entire surface ( Fig. 4 C), length of second tergite about 1.3 X as long as third tergite, first tergite gradually broadening posteriorly; ovipositor as long as metasoma ( Fig. 4 C); body yellowish brown with dark spots on first metasomal segments ( Fig. 4 A). General distribution : Eastern Palaearctic ( Korea , Mongolia , Russia ), Western Palaearctic ( Afghanistan , Albania , Austria , Azerbaijan , Bulgaria , Canary Islands, Croatia , Cyprus , Czech Republic , England , France , Georgia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iran , Israel , Italy , Kazakhstan , Latvia , Lithuania , Macedonia , Moldova , Montenegro , Morocco , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Romania , Russia , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Tajikestan, Turkey , Turkmenistan , Ukraine , Uzbekistan ) ( Yu et al . 2012 ).