Homolobus (Apatia) truncator (Say, 1829)

Rajabi Mazhar, A. R., Goldasteh, S., Farahani, S. & Azizkhani, E., 2018, Homolobus (Phylacter) meridionalis van Achterberg, 1979 (Braconidae, Homolobinae) in Iran: the first record from Asia, Far Eastern Entomologist 349, pp. 28-32 : 29-30

Homolobus (Apatia) truncator (Say, 1829)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Iran, Hamadan Prov.: Gonbad , 34°41′N, 48°42′E, 2220 m , 5

& 19.X 2015, Light trap, 3♀, leg. A. Rajabi Mazhar.

DIAGNOSIS (FEMALE). Body length 6.5–6.9 mm, antenna with 50-53 segments, eye about 1.6 times as long as temple; propodeum smooth anteriorly, reticulate-rugose posteriorly,

with a short irregular median carina; vein cu-a of fore wing slightly inclivous, vein 2A of fore wing sclerotized, plical lobe mainly bare, vein 2-SC+R of hind wing transverse; tarsal claws simple, length of hind femur 6.0 times its width; length of first metasomal tergite 3.2 times its apical width, ovipositor sheath 0.07 times as long as fore wing.

BIOLOGY. It is reared from caterpillar of Geometridae and Noctuidae as Lasiocam-

pidae, Crambidae and Gelechiidae . (Yu et al., 2012; Shaw, 2010).

DISTRIBUTION. Worldwide distributed species, including Iran (Yu et al., 2012).

frontal view; 3 – head, dorsal view; 4 – fore wing; 5 – hind wing; 6 – metasoma, lateral view;

7 – tarsal claw.