Aleiodes (C helonorhogas) apicalis (Brullé, 1832)

(Figs 10 A–F, 12B)

Aleiodes ductor auctt. p.p. not Thunberg, 1822 Material examined. Guilan province: Roodsar, Rahim abad, Orkom (36°45′44.34″ N, 50°18′11.88″ E, 1201 m a. s. l.), 17.v.2010, 1♀; Roodsar, Rahim abad, Ghazichak (36°45′52.62″ N, 50°20′01.08″ E, 1787 m a. s. l.), 17.v.2010, 3♀; 31.v.2010, 1♀, 1♂; 07.vi.2010, 2♀; 14.vi.2010, 4♀; 22.vi.2010, 3♀; 28.vi.2010, 2♀, 5♂; 05.vii.2010, 1♂; Mazandaran province: Noor, Chamestan, Gaznasara (36°16′56.82″ N, 52°10′58.50″ E, 2032 m a. s. l.), 28.vi.2011, 2♀; 13.vii.2011, 3♀; 26.vii.2011, 1♀, 1♂; Noor, Chamestan, Tangehvaz (36°21′55.68″ N, 52°06′10.32″ E, 702 m a. s. l.), 28.vi.2011, 1♀; leg. A. Nadimi.

Diagnostic characters (female). Body length 5.2–6.9 mm; antenna with 48–54 segments, apical segments quadrate; compound eyes medium-sized (Fig. 10 A); face 2.0 × as wide as its height, hypoclypeal depression as wide as its distance from compound eye (Fig. 10 B); postocellar line as long as ocellar diameter, ocular-ocellar line 2.4–2.6 × longer than ocellar diameter (Fig. 10 C), length of temple 0.8 × as long as length of compound eye in dorsal view (Fig. 10 C); mesopleuron almost smooth with sporadic punctate (Fig. 10 D); vein r of fore wing 0.5 × as long as 3-SR, vein 2-CU1 as long as vein 1-CU1 (Fig. 10 E), marginal cell of hind wing widened apically; claws blackish pectinate; first and second metasomal tergites with distinctly longitudinal striae, second metasomal tergite distinctly transverse, 1.3–1.4 × as wide as its length (Fig. 10 F).

Coloration. Body black; antenna brownish, usually apical half dark (Fig. 12 B), head and mesosoma black; leg reddish except hind tarsus, apical hind femur and half of hind tibia black (Fig. 12 B); first and second metasomal tergites reddish, third metasomal tergite reddish except apical, following tergites completely black (Fig. 10 F).

General distribution. South Palaearctic.

Distribution in Iran. Guilan and Mazandaran provinces (current study); Sistan & Baluchestan province (Hedwig 1957 as A. ductor), not exactly defined (Tobias 1976, 1986), Isfahan province (Ghahari et al. 2011c as A. ductor).