Clinocentrus excubitor Haliday, 1836

Derafshan, Hossein Ali, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Farahani, Samira, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa & van Achterberg, Cornelis, 2020, The genus Clinocentrus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae) in Iran, with the description of a new species, Journal of Natural History 54 (19 - 20), pp. 1223-1241 : 1231-1233

Clinocentrus excubitor Haliday, 1836 ( Figures 4 , 5 )

Rogas (Clinocentrus) excubitor Haliday, 1836:94 ., lectotype, female – United Kingdom ( NMI) .

Material examined

1♀, IRAN: Mazandaran province, Noor, Chamestan, Joorband (36°26′17.28″ N, 52°07′ 16.62″ E, 272 m), 28.06 .2011, A . Mohammadi leg . ( TMUC).

Brief diagnosis

Female – Length of compound eye 2.4 times longer than temple in dorsal view ( Figure 4 (a)). Ocelli are large. OOL equal to OD. Length of 1st flagellar segment 2.8 times its apical width ( Figure 4 (c)). Forewing ( Figure 4 (f)) 2nd submarginal cell 2.6 times its maximum width. Vein 3-SR of forewing twice longer than vein r; 1st and 2nd metasomal tergites ( Figure 5 (c)) densely longitudinally strigate, and 3rd metasomal tergite puncticulate (puncto-strigate). Hind femur 5.9 times as long as wide ( Figure 5 (b)).

Geographical distribution. ( Figure 8 (b)) Western and Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental.

Distribution in Iran. ( Figure 8 (b)) Mazandaran province ( Farahani et al. 2015).

Host. Unknown.

Figures

Figure 4. Clinocentrus excubitor (Haliday), female (TMUC). (a) Head, dorsal view; (b) Head, frontal view; (c) Head, lateral view; (d) Mesosoma, lateral view; (e) Mesoscutum and scutellum, dorsal view; (f) Fore and hindwings.

Figure 5. Clinocentrus excubitor (Haliday), female (TMUC). (a). Propodeum, dorsal view; (b) Metasoma posteriorly, ovipositor and ovipositor sheaths, lateral view; (c) Tergites 1–7, dorsal view; (d) Female (lateral habitus).

Figure 8. Distribution map of the Clinocentrus species (a) and (b) Clinocentrus amiri and C. cunctator; (b) C. excubitor.