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 ( Orthobracon ) exhilarator Nees, 1834 ( Figs 17 A–D) Material examined : Iran , Hormozgan province: Queshm Island , Ramkan (26° 52′ 25.27″ N, 56° 01′ 7.33″ E, 34 m a.s.l.), 13-06-2012 , 1 ♀, 21-02-2012 , 1 ♂ , 27-04-2012 , 1 ♀, O 2-04-2012 , 1 ♀, 17-05-2012 , 1 ♀, 19-03-2012 , 1 ♀, 21-02-2012 , 1 ♀, 03-04-2012 , 1 ♀, Minab, Chelo (27° 10′ 30.39″ N, 57° 1′ 9.79″ E, 16 m a.s.l.), 20-03 -2012 , 4 ♀, Geno (27° 28′ 53.23″ N, 56° 18′ 27.03″ E, 680 m a.s.l.), 20-03-2012 , 2 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri. Diagnosis: Head dark brown and polished, 1.9 X as broad as long in dorsal view; length of malar space 0.35 X as longitudinal eye diameter, antenna 31-segmented, slightly shorter than body; mesonotum polished, propodeum smooth, without median carina, propleuron straight in lateral view and smooth; fore wing marginal cell elongate, terminating near the apex of the wing, second submarginal cell elongate, r-m vein 0.7 X as long as r vein, 3-SR vein about as long as 2-SR vein ( Fig. 17 B); length of first abdominal tergite 1.3 X as long as its apical width, second tergite with longitudinal striateiform sculpture ( Fig. 17 C); ovipositor approximately 0.5 X as long as of metasoma ( Fig. 17 C); body dark reddish brown, head, propodeum, tergite I and medio-dorsal line of metasomal tergites dark brown to black ( Fig. 17 A). General distribution: Eastern Palaearctic ( China , Korea , Mongolia , Russia ), Western Palaearctic ( Austria , Belgium , Cyprus , Czech Republic , England , Finland , France , Germany , Hungary , Italy , Kazakhstan , Latvia , Lithuania , Moldova , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Russia , Serbia , Slovenia , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , Ukraine ) ( Yu et al. 2012 ).