Microplitis varipes ( Ruthe, 1860 )

Abdoli, Parisa, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Fernandez-Triana, Jose & Farahani, Samira, 2021, Taxonomic study of the genus Microplitis Förster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Iran, European Journal of Taxonomy 744, pp. 83-118 : 109-110

Microplitis varipes ( Ruthe, 1860)

Fig. 14

Microgaster varipes Ruthe, 1860: 136 .

Diagnosis (female)

Body length 2.8–3.5 mm; antenna longer than body, F15 length 2.0 × its width ( Fig. 14A ); anteromesoscutum and mesoscutellar disc densely rugulose ( Fig. 14C ) and notauli slightly defined by rugosity; 1 st discal cell length 1.3–1.4 × its width; vein 1CUb 2.0–2.2 × as long as vein 1CUa; vein R1 longer than pterostigma half ( Fig. 14D ); T1 length 1.6 × its maximum width, T1 rugulose, sub-parallelsided and rounded apically ( Fig. 14F ). Colour: body black; basal one third of pterostigma with a yellow spot; legs reddish or brownish yellow, except for black metafemur and a black spot at basal half of mesofemur.

Material examined

IRAN – Alborz Province • 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂; Chalous Road, Shahrestanak ; 35°57′34.98″ N, 51°22′20.34″ E; 2305 m a.s.l.; 6 Jul.2010; Khayrandish leg.; Malaise trap; TMUC-HBMMP0499 to TMUC-HBMMP0502 • 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Jul. 2010; TMUC-HBMMP0503 to TMUC- HBMMP0505 . – Guilan Province • 2 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; Roodsar, Rahim abad , Orkom ; 36°45′44.34″ N, 50°18′11.88″ E; 120 m a.s.l.; 19 Jul. 2010; Khayrandish leg.; Malaise trap; TMUC-HBMMP0506 to TMUC-HBMMP0510 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 6 Jul. 2010; TMUC-HBMMP0511 • 10 ♀♀; Ghazichak ; 36°45′52.62″ N, 50°20′01.08″ E; 1787 m a.s.l.; 11 Jul. 2010; Khayrandish leg.; Malaise trap; TMUC-HBMMP0512 to TMUC-HBMMP0521 . – Qazvin Province • 3 ♀♀; Zereshk Road ; 36°25′23.88″ N, 50°06′37.68″ E; 1926 m a.s.l.; 6 Jul. 2011; TMUC-HBMMP0522 to TMUC- HBMMP0524 • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 17 Aug. 2011; TMUC-HBMMP0525 , TMUC-HBMMP0526 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 27 Sep. 2011; TMUC-HBMMP0527 • 2 ♀♀; Zereshk Road ; 36°21′39.72″ N, 50°03′55.56″ E; 1541 m a.s.l.; 25 May 2011; Khayrandish leg.; Malaise trap; TMUC-HBMMP0528 , TMUC-HBMMP0529 . – Tehran Province • 1 ♀; Peykanshahr, Iran National Botanical Garden ; 35°44′19.91″ N, 51°10′52.49″ E; 1265 m a.s.l.; 14 May 2010; TMUC- HBMMP0530 .

Distribution in Iran

Alborz, Guilan, Tehran and Qazvin Provinces (present study). New record from Iran.

Figures

Fig. 14. Microplitis varipes (Ruthe, 1860), ♀, TMUC-HBMMP0512. A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Fore wing. C. Hind wing. D. Head, dorsal view. E. Mesosoma, dorsal view. F. Metasoma, dorsal view.