Bracon (Glabrobracon) immutator Nees 1834

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 : 363

* Bracon (Glabrobracon) immutator Nees 1834 ( Figs 8 A–D)

Material examined: Iran, Hormozgan province, Minab-Chelo (27° 10′ 30.39″ N, 57° 01′ 09.79″ E, 16 m a.s.l.), 04- 05-2012, 1 ♀, Queshm Island, Ramkan (26° 52′ 25.27″ N, 56° 01′ 07.33″ E, 34 m a.s.l.), 17-05-2012, 1 ♀, 23-03- 2012, 1 ♀, 21-01-2013, 1 ♀, 21-02-2012, 1 ♀, Hajiabbad, Tezerj (28° 17′ 01.81″ N, 55° 45′ 14.76″ E, 882 m a.s.l.), 17-05-2012, 1 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri.

Diagnosis: Head black ( Fig 8 A), 1.95 X as broad as long in dorsal view, temple in dorsal view receded; malar space 0.3 X of longitudinal diameter of eye; antenna 35-segmented, about as long as body, oral cavity equal to its distance to eye; mesonotum smooth ( Fig. 8 B), propleuron straight and smooth, propodeum with rugose sculpture in the middle part; fore wing marginal cell elongate, terminating near the apex of the wing, second submarginal cell medium size, 3-SR vein 1.7–1.8 X as long as 2-SR vein; r-m vein equal to r vein ( Fig. 8 C); first metasomal tergite almost equal to its apical width, tergites II and III equal in length, sculpture of second tergite relatively rough, rugose; ovipositor about half as long of metasoma ( Fig. 8 D); body generally brown, lower part of propodeum and mid-dorsal area of metasomal tergites blackish brown ( Fig. 8 A).

Genral distribution: Eastern Palaearctic ( Korea, Mongolia, Russia), Western Palaearctic ( Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine) ( Yu et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Bracon (Glabrobracon) immutator Nees. A. Dorsal aspect of female general habitus, B. Dorsal aspect of mesosoma, C. Fore wing, D. Dorsal aspect of metasoma and ovipositor.