A review of the subfamily Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran Author Farahani, Samira Author Talebi, Ali Asghar Author Achterberg, Cornelis Van Author Rakhshani, Ehsan text Zootaxa 2015 3973 2 227 250 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.2 1dd45572-f59e-4dc5-ac49-00fa73357b1b 1175-5326 244671 827AD65B-CCB7-4828-988D-BE88EF523FCA Aleiodes (C helonorhogas ) apicalis (Brullé, 1832) ( Figs 10 A–F, 12B) Aleiodes ductor auctt. p.p. not Thunberg, 1822 Material examined. Guilan province: Roodsar, Rahim abad, Orkom (36°45′44.34″ N, 50°18′11.88″ E, 1201 m a. s. l.), 17.v.2010 , 1♀; Roodsar, Rahim abad, Ghazichak (36°45′52.62″ N, 50°20′01.08″ E, 1787 m a. s. l.), 17.v.2010 , 3♀; 31.v.2010 , 1♀, 1♂ ; 07.vi.2010 , 2♀; 14.vi.2010 , 4♀; 22.vi.2010 , 3♀; 28.vi.2010 , 2♀, 5♂ ; 05.vii.2010 , 1♂ ; Mazandaran province: Noor, Chamestan, Gaznasara (36°16′56.82″ N, 52°10′58.50″ E, 2032 m a. s. l.), 28.vi.2011 , 2♀; 13.vii.2011 , 3♀; 26.vii.2011 , 1♀, 1♂ ; Noor, Chamestan, Tangehvaz (36°21′55.68″ N, 52°06′10.32″ E, 702 m a. s. l.), 28.vi.2011 , 1♀; leg. A. Nadimi. FIGURE 10. Aleiodes apicalis (Brullé, 1832) , female; A. Head, lateral view, B. Head, frontal view, C. Head, dorsal view, D. Mesosoma, lateral view, E. Fore wing, F. Metasoma, dorsal view. Diagnostic characters (female). Body length 5.2–6.9 mm ; antenna with 48–54 segments, apical segments quadrate; compound eyes medium-sized ( Fig. 10 A); face 2.0 × as wide as its height, hypoclypeal depression as wide as its distance from compound eye ( Fig. 10 B); postocellar line as long as ocellar diameter, ocular-ocellar line 2.4–2.6 × longer than ocellar diameter ( Fig. 10 C), length of temple 0.8 × as long as length of compound eye in dorsal view ( Fig. 10 C); mesopleuron almost smooth with sporadic punctate ( Fig. 10 D); vein r of fore wing 0.5 × as long as 3-SR, vein 2-CU1 as long as vein 1-CU1 ( Fig. 10 E), marginal cell of hind wing widened apically; claws blackish pectinate; first and second metasomal tergites with distinctly longitudinal striae, second metasomal tergite distinctly transverse, 1.3–1.4 × as wide as its length ( Fig. 10 F). Coloration. Body black; antenna brownish, usually apical half dark ( Fig. 12 B), head and mesosoma black; leg reddish except hind tarsus, apical hind femur and half of hind tibia black ( Fig. 12 B); first and second metasomal tergites reddish, third metasomal tergite reddish except apical, following tergites completely black ( Fig. 10 F). General distribution. South Palaearctic. Distribution in Iran . Guilan and Mazandaran provinces (current study); Sistan & Baluchestan province ( Hedwig 1957 as A. ductor ), not exactly defined ( Tobias 1976 , 1986 ), Isfahan province ( Ghahari et al. 2011c as A. ductor ).