Species of Adialytus Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) in Iran: taxonomic notes and tritrophic associations
Author
Rakhshani, Ehsan
Author
Stary, Petr
Author
Tomanovic, Zeljko
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.221.3541
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.221.3541
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Adialytus ambiguus (Haliday, 1834)
cf.
Figs 2B3B4B5B6B
Material examined.
22♂ 20♀,
Sipha maydis
Passerini on
Bromus tectorum
, NK, Gharemeidan (
37°25'42"N
,
56°33'19"E
, 1544 m), 14.V.2008, 15♂ 18♀, coll. S. Kazemzadeh;
Sipha elegans
del Guercio on
Gastridium phleoides
, IS, Nazhvan (
32°38'25"N
,
51°35'48"E
, 1582 m), 05.IX.2011, 7♂ 2 ♀, coll. E. Nader.
Comments
.
The specimens normally run to
Adialytus ambiguus
according to the general characters of the first metasomal tergite (Fig 5B), ovipositor sheath (Fig 6B), the flagellomeres (Fig 2B) and the setae on the hind femur (Fig 4B). It can be differentiated from
Adialytus ambiguus
by having the shorter vein R1 that is 0.9-1.1
x
as long as pterostigma that does not reach the apex of the fore wing (Fig 3B). It can be separated from
Adialytus arvicola
(Fig 3C), by its longer vein R1.