Microplitis pallidipennis Tobias, 1964

Abdoli, Parisa, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Fernandez-Triana, Jose & Farahani, Samira, 2021, Taxonomic study of the genus Microplitis Förster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Iran, European Journal of Taxonomy 744, pp. 83-118 : 100-101

Microplitis pallidipennis Tobias, 1964

Fig. 9

Microplitis pallidipennis Tobias, 1964: 213 , pl. 50.

Diagnosis (female)

Body length 4.2 mm; antenna as long as body, F15 length 2.0 × as long as its width; vertex punctate; notauli well defined with crowded rugosity; lateral and median lobe of anteromesoscutum weakly punctate and shiny; mesoscutellar disc anteriorly or antero-medially weakly punctate, shiny and its posterior area coriaceous ( Fig. 9C ); pterostigma length 2.1–2.2 × its width; vein R1 as long as pterostigma half; 1 st discal cell length 1.3 × its width; vein 1CUb 2.0 × as long as vein 1CUa ( Fig. 9D ); T1 rugulose, distinctly broadening posteriorly, its length equal or slightly longer than its maximum width; T2 weakly wrinkled; T3 and the following tergites smooth ( Fig. 9F ). Colour: body black; antenna brown; tegula and legs reddish yellow (except for black coxae); basal one quarter of pterostigma with a yellow spot.

Material examined

IRAN – Alborz Province • 1 ♀; Chalous Road, Sarziarat ; 35°55′10.38″ N, 51°06′51.24″ E; 1980 m a.s.l.; 15 Jun. 2010; M. Khayrandish leg.; Malaise trap; TMUC-HBMMP0056 .

Distribution in Iran

Alborz Province (present study). New record from Iran.

Figures

Fig. 9. Microplitis pallidipennis Tobias, 1964, ♀, TMUC-HBMMP0056. A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, dorsal view. C. Mesosoma, dorsal view. D. Fore wing. E. Hind wing. F. Metasoma, dorsal view.