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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.2
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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
).