Bracon (Bracon) minutator (Fabricius, 1798)

Ameri, Ali, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Beyarslan, Ahmet, Kamali, Karim & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2014, Study of the genus Bracon Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Southern Iran with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3754 (4), pp. 353-380 : 361

Bracon (Bracon) minutator (Fabricius, 1798) ( Figs 6 A–D)

Material examined: Iran, Hormozgan province, Minab -Chelo (27° 10′ 30.39″ N, 57° 01′ 9.79″ E, 16 m a.s.l.), 25- 02-2013, 2 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri.

Diagnosis: Head dark brown to black, polished, 1.8 X as broad as long in dorsal view ( Fig. 6 A), length of malar space 0.35 X as longitudinal eye diameter; antenna 33-segmented, slightly shorter than body, oral cavity 1.5 X times as wide as its distance from eye; mesonotum smooth, sparsely haired, propleuron glossy and straight, propodeum black, polished; fore wing marginal cell elongate, terminating near wing apex; second submarginal cell elongate, 3-SR vein 1.2-1.3 X as long as 2-SR vein; r-m vein as long as r vein ( Fig. 6 B); length of first metasomal tergite almost equal to its apical width; ovipositor approximately 0.4-0.5 X as long as metasoma ( Figs 6 C, 6D); body reddish brown, with black areas on mesonotum, propodeum ( Fig. 6 A), lower part of mesopleuron and mediodorsal area of metasomal tergites.

General distribution: Eastern Palaearctic ( China, Mongolia), Western Palaearctic ( Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine) ( Yu et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Bracon (Bracon) minutator (Fabricius). A. Dorsal aspect of female general habitus, B. Fore wing, C. and D. Lateral and dorsal aspect of metasoma and ovipositor, respectively.