Aleiodes (Chelonorhogas), 1863

Farahani, Samira, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2015, A review of the subfamily Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 3973 (2), pp. 227-250 : 238-240

* Aleiodes (Chelonorhogas) aestuosus (Reinhard, 1863)

( Figs 9 A–F, 12A)

Material examined. Mazandaran province: Noor, Chamestan, Gaznasara (36°16′58.08″ N, 52°10′55.62″ E, 2013 m a. s. l.), 28.vi.2011, 1♀; leg. A. Mohammadi.

Diagnostic characters (female). Body length 10.0 mm; antenna with 55 segments, length of flagellum as long as its width, except first flagellar segment; compound eyes very small ( Fig. 9 A); face 3.0 × as wide as its height, hypoclypeal depression 2.6 × as wide as its distance from compound eye ( Fig. 9 B); postocellar line as long as ocellar diameter, ocular-ocellar line 3.5 × longer than ocellar diameter ( Fig. 9 C), temple developed, length of temple 1.3 × longer than length of compound eye in dorsal view ( Fig. 9 C); mesopleuron punctate ( Fig. 9 D); vein r of fore wing 0.2 × as long as 3-SR, vein 2-CU1 as long as vein 1-CU1( Fig. 9 E), marginal cell of hind wing widened apically; claws blackish pectinate; second metasomal tergite distinctly transverse, 1.7 × wider than its length, first and second metasomal tergites rugose, without longitudinal striae ( Fig. 9 F).

Coloration. Body reddish yellow ( Fig. 12 A); antenna completely black, head reddish yellow except stemmaticum ( Fig. 9 C), mesonotum and scutellum reddish yellow, propodeum and lower part of mesopleuron black ( Fig. 9 D), wings smoky; tarsus, apex of all femurs and tibiae black; metasoma reddish yellow ( Fig. 9 F). General distribution. Oriental, eastern and western Palaearctic.

Distribution in Iran. Mazandaran province (current study). New record for Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Aleiodes aestuosus (Reinhard, 1863), female; A. Head, lateral view, B. Head, frontal view, C. Head, dorsal view, D. Mesosoma, lateral view, E. Fore wing, F. Metasoma, dorsal view.

FIGURE 12. Lateral habitus of female in Aleiodes species; A. A. aestuosus, B. A. apicalis, C. A. eurinus.