Bracon (Asiabracon) quardrimaculatus Telenga, 1936

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 : 356-357

Bracon (Asiabracon) quardrimaculatus Telenga, 1936 ( Figs 2 A–D)

Material examined: Iran, Hormozgan province, Qale Qazi (27° 26′ 53.33″ N, 56° 32′ 53.03″ E, 42 m a.s.l.), 17- 04-2011, 1♀, Leg. A. Ameri.

Diagnosis: Head brown ( Fig 2 A), 2.06 X as broad as long in dorsal view, length of malar space 0.33 X as longitudinal eye diameter; antenna 33-segmented, slightly shorter than body; oral cavity 1.4 X as wide as its distance from eye; mesonotum ( Fig. 2 B) with granulose sculptures, propleuron in lateral view straight and punctuated, propodeum rugose sculptured with median longitudinal carina; fore wing marginal cell medium size, terminating before wing apex ( Fig. 2 A), second submarginal cell elongate, r-m vein 1.3 X as long as r vein, 3-SR vein 1.7 X as long as 2-SR vein; length of first metasomal tergite about 0.7 X as long as its apical width, basal part of the second metasomal tergite with small triangular area ( Fig 2 C); ovipositor about 0.5 X as long as metasoma ( Fig. 2 D); body brown with black spots on mesonotum, lower part of mesothorax and upper part of propodeum ( Fig. 2 A).

General distribution: Western Palaearctic ( Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Greece, Turkey, Turkmenistan) ( Yu et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Bracon (Asiabracon) quardrimaculatus Telenga. A. Dorsal aspect of general female habitus, B. Dorsal aspect of mesosoma; C. First and second tergites, D. Dorsal aspect of metasoma and ovipositor.