Bracon (Pigeria) piger Wesmael, 1838

Ameri, Ali, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Beyarslan, Ahmet, Kamali, Karim & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2014, Study of the genus Bracon Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Southern Iran with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3754 (4), pp. 353-380 : 376

Bracon (Pigeria) piger Wesmael, 1838 ( Figs 19 A–C)

Material Examined: Iran, Hormozgan province, Geno (27° 28′ 53.23″ N, 56° 18′ 27.03″ E, 680 m a.s.l.), 12-03- 1391, 1♀, Leg. A. Ameri.

Diagnosis: Head dark brown to black, lateral lower head yellowish brown ( Fig. 19 B), polished and hairy, 1.8 X as broad as long in dorsal view, length of malar space 0.22 X times as longitudinal eye diameter, antenna 32- segmented, oral cavity 1.2 X as long as its distance to eye; mesonotum polished, propleuron in lateral view concave, propodeum smooth and polished; fore wing marginal cell medium sized, terminating pre-apically, second submarginal cell moderately elongate, 3-SR vein 1.5 X as long as 2-SR vein. r-m vein equal to r vein ( Fig. 19 C); length of first metasomal tergite at most slightly longer than its apical width; body entirely dark brown, first and second tergites light brown ( Fig. 19 A).

General distribution: Eastern Palaearctic ( Japan, Mongolia, Russia), Nearctic ( USA), Western Palaearctic ( Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine ( Yu et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 19. Bracon (Pigeria) piger Wesmael. A. Lateral aspect of female general habitus, B. Dorsal aspect of head, C. Fore wing, D. Dorsal aspect of metasoma.