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
46655
10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.2
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Bracon
(
Orthobracon
)
epitriptus
Marshall
, 1855
(
Figs 16
A–D)
Material Examined:
Iran
, Hormozgan province, Bangelayan (27° 28′ 53.23″ N, 56° 18′ 27.03″ E,
685 m
a.s.l.),
18-07-2012
, 1 ♀.
Diagnosis
: Head dark brown to black (
Fig. 16
A), 1.86 X as broad as long in dorsal view, length of malar space 0.36 X as longitudinal eye diameter, oral cavity 1.6 X as wide as its distance from eye; mesonotum smooth and glossy (
Fig. 16
B), propleuron in lateral view straight and polished; propodeum smooth; fore wing marginal cell short, terminating before wing apex, second submarginal cell medium sized, 3-SR vein 1.27 X as long as 2-SR vein; r-m 1.82 X to vein r vein (
Fig. 16
C); length of first metasomal tergite almost equal to its apical width, tergite II and III longer than their width, second tergite about 2.5X as broad as long, rugose in middle; ovipositor as long as metasoma (
Fig. 16
D); body entirely dark brown except lateral margin of first and second tergite and legs brown (
Fig. 16
A).
General distribution:
Eastern Palaearctic (
China
,
Korea
,
Mongolia
,
Russia
), Western Palaearctic (
Austria
,
Azerbaijan
,
Belarus
,
Croatia
,
Czech Republic
,
England
,
Georgia
,
Germany
,
Greece
,
Hungary
,
Iran
,
Italy
,
Kazakhstan
,
Lithuania
,
Macedonia
,
Moldova
,
Netherlands
,
Poland
,
Romania
,
Russia
,
Serbia
,
Slovenia
,
Switzerland
,
Turkey
,
Ukraine
) (
Yu
et al
. 2012
).