New data on the genus Belyta Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae, Belytinae) from Iran
Izadizadeh, M.
Talebi, A. A.
Chemyreva, V. G.
Farahani, S.
Kazerani, F.
Ameri, A.
Far Eastern Entomologist
2023
2023-02-28
471
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Thomson, 1858
Thomson
1858
[227,569,1351,1376]
Insecta
Diapriidae
Belyta
GBIF
Animalia
Hymenoptera
2
3
Arthropoda
species
abrupta
Figs 1–8
MATERIAL EXAMINED ( 25 ♀, 611 ♂). Gilan Province: Astara, Lavandevil forest( 38°18′19″ N, 48°42′57″ E, 873 ma.s.l.), 06.VI 2017, 2 ♂( TMUC); 08.VII 2017, 2 ♂( TMUC); 07.VIII 2017, 3 ♂( TMUC); 05.IX 2017, 1 ♂, leg. S. Farahani( TMUC); Rezvan Shahr( 37°31′00″ N, 49°2′7″ E, 199 ma.s.l), 13.V 2018, 4 ♀, 15 ♂( TMUC); Shafaroud forest( 37°28′18ʺ N, 48°49′23ʺ E, 1114 ma.s.l), 25.VI 2018, 2♀, 12 ♂( TMUC); 26.VIII 2018, 6 ♀, 44 ♂( RIRF); 19.X 2018, 5 ♀( TMUC). Mazandaran Province: Kheyroud Kenar( 36°34′36.23ʺ N, 51°34′37.94ʺ E, 722 ma.s.l), 24.VII 2018, 2 ♂( TMUC); 21.X 2018, 3 ♂( TMUC); Galanderoud( 36°26′56″ N, 51°51′20″ E, 1407 ma.s.l), 28.VIII 2018, 3 ♂( TMUC); 21.X 2018, 1 ♂( TMUC); Neka forest( 36°30′00.4″ N, 53°27′14.2″ E, 828 ma.s.l), 16.V 2018, 16 ♂( TMUC); 24.VII 2018, 133 ♂( TMUC); 29.VIII 2018, 2 ♀, 36 ♂( RIRF); 20.X 2018, 54 ♂( RIRF); Neka forest( 36°21′43.03″ N, 53°32′56.7″ E, 1495 ma.s.l), 07.VII 2018, 10 ♂( TMUC); 25.VII 2018, 4♀, 150 ♂( TMUC); Neka forest( 36°34′49.2″ N, 53°27′95.6″ E, 465 ma.s.l), 24.VII 2018, 1 ♀, 10 ♂( RIRF). Golestan Province: Shast Kola forest( 36° 44' 10.83" N, 54° 24' 11.23" E, 754 ma.s.l), 26.VI 2019, 67 ♂( TMUC); 28.VII 2019, 16 ♂, leg. F. Kazerani( RIRF); Loveh forest( 37°20′43″ N, 55°40′40″ E, 753 ma.s.l.), 25.VII 2016, 2 ♂( TMUC); 03.XII 2016, 1 ♀( TMUC); Ali Abad, Zarin Gol village( 36°48′58″ N, 55°02′13″ E, 694 ma.s.l.), 26.VII 2016, 2 ♂( TMUC); Shast Kola forest( 36°45′29″ N, 54°23′12″ E, 424 ma.s.l.), 12.VI 2016, 12 ♂( RIRF); 03.VII 2016, 15 ♂, leg. S. Farahani( TMUC).
DIAGNOSIS. Female( Fig. 1): body length 3.3–3.5 mm; face with sculpture ( Fig. 2); head in dorsal view transverse, 1.4 times as wide as long, pubescent and with punctures ( Fig. 3); POL 0.5 times as long as OOL ( Fig. 3); flagellomeres subquadrate ( Fig. 4); epomia strong; pronotal collar sculptured; mesoscutum flat, pubescent and sparse puncture; anterior scutellar pit small and bare; scutellum pubescent; fore wing length 2.7–3.1 mm; radial cell open ( Fig. 5); marginal vein very short, 0.25 times as long as its distance from basal vein ( Fig. 5); propodeum smooth and shine, with sparse setae and median propodeal keel strong and forked ( Fig. 6); petiole in dorsal view 1.6–1.8 times as long as wide, with longitudinal keels ( Fig. 6); T2 anteriorly with a median groove, each side of median groove with short grooves ( Fig. 6); metasoma apically truncate. Male:A3–A14 cylindrical, A3 basally with emargination, reaching 0.4 of this segment length ( Fig. 8), radial cell close ( Fig. 7).
DISTRIBUTION. Iran(new record); Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France(including Corsica), Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland( Nixon, 1957; Hellén, 1964; Wall, 1993; Macek, 1996).
BIOLOGY. Unknown.