Bracon (Bracon) ovoides Telenga, 1936

Zargar, Mohammad, Samartsev, Konstantin, Talebi, Ali Asghar & Farahani, Samira, 2020, Study of the genus Bracon Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran new subspecies, new records and an updated checklist, Zootaxa 4758 (2), pp. 201-230 : 214

Bracon (Bracon) ovoides Telenga, 1936

( Fig. 12 A–F)

Material examined. Khuzestan, shooshtar, Ferdows , (31°58′42.89″N, 48°47′16.24″E, 37 m), 23.v–6.vi.2017, 1♀ ( TMUC), Malaise trap in citrus orchards, leg. M. Zargar.

General distribution. Palaearctic: Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia (Saratov Region), Uzbekistan.

Diagnosis: Width of head 1.8× its length in dorsal view; POL:OD:OOL—3:2.4:7; malar space 0.9× as wide as mandibular base; width of face 2.0× as large as its height; antenna with 34 antennomeres, shorter than body; penultimate flagellomere 2.0× as long as wide; mesosoma 1.6× as long as its maximum height; mesoscutum smooth; propodeum rugose and without median carina; marginal cell of fore wing reaching wing apex, vein 3-SR 1.2× as long as vein 2-SR; length of pterostigma 3.1× its wide; length of TI 0.7× as long as its apical width; ovipositor 0.6× as long as metasoma; body smooth; TI and TII rugose, subsequent tergites rugulose; body yellow.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Bracon (Bracon) ovoides Telenga, 1936: A. Head, dorsal view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Mesosoma, dorsal view; D. Fore wing; E. Metasoma, dorsal view; F. Habitus, lateral view.