Bracon (Orthobracon) epitriptus Marshall , 1855

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 : 372

* Bracon (Orthobracon) epitriptus Marshall, 1855 ( Figs 16 A–D)

Material Examined: Iran, Hormozgan province, Bangelayan (27° 28′ 53.23″ N, 56° 18′ 27.03″ E, 685 m a.s.l.), 18-07-2012, 1 ♀.

Diagnosis: Head dark brown to black ( Fig. 16 A), 1.86 X as broad as long in dorsal view, length of malar space 0.36 X as longitudinal eye diameter, oral cavity 1.6 X as wide as its distance from eye; mesonotum smooth and glossy ( Fig. 16 B), propleuron in lateral view straight and polished; propodeum smooth; fore wing marginal cell short, terminating before wing apex, second submarginal cell medium sized, 3-SR vein 1.27 X as long as 2-SR vein; r-m 1.82 X to vein r vein ( Fig. 16 C); length of first metasomal tergite almost equal to its apical width, tergite II and III longer than their width, second tergite about 2.5X as broad as long, rugose in middle; ovipositor as long as metasoma ( Fig. 16 D); body entirely dark brown except lateral margin of first and second tergite and legs brown ( Fig. 16 A).

General distribution: Eastern Palaearctic ( China, Korea, Mongolia, Russia), Western Palaearctic ( Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine) ( Yu et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 16. Bracon (Orthobracon) epitriptus Marshall. A. Dorsal aspect of female general habitus, B. Dorsal aspect of mesosoma, C. Fore wing, D. Dorsal aspect of metasoma and ovipositor.