A review of the Iranian species of genus Iconella Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) with description of two new species Author Zargar, Mohammad Author Gupta, Ankita Author Talebi, Asghar Author Farahani, Samira text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-18 4586 3 491 504 journal article 27002 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.6 02ddbbb4-cca3-4f20-bd5b-c70e09b1681f 1175-5326 2647268 96AAA03F-A791-4317-976C-22DFE6582B91 Iconella meruloides ( Nixon, 1965 ) Material examined: Southwestern Iran , Khuzestan province : Ramhormoz, Gharabad, ( 30°59’37.73”N , 49°46′50.63”E , 126m ), 4.v.2016 ; Malaise trap in olive orchard; leg. M. Zargar, 2 ♀ (TMUC); Khoramshahr, Sheneh, ( 30°25’32.24”N , 48°11′20.83”E , 2m ), 2.iii.2017 ; Malaise trap in palm orchard; leg. M. Zargar , 1 ♀ ( ICAR ̄ NBAIR ) ; Ramhormoz, Gharabad, ( 30°59’37.73”N , 49°46′50.63”E , 126m ), 6.vii.2017 ; Malaise trap in olive orchard; leg. M. Zargar , 1 ♀ ( ICAR ̄ NBAIR ) . Diagnosis. Width of face 1.5× as long as height ( Fig. 3A ); ocelli large, POL: MOD: OOL– 5:3:5 ( Fig. 3B ); penultimate flagellomere 1.3× as long as wide; Mesoscutum densely evenly punctate and setose, scutellum smooth and shiny ( Fig. 3C ); propodeum with strong medial longitudinal carina with fine short radiating lines, smooth and shiny centrally on both the sides of median carina ( Fig. 3C ); 1-R1 1.4× as long as pterostigma, 1-R1 3.1× as long as distance from end of 1-R1 to tip of radial cell, pterostigma 3× as long as wide ( Fig. 3D ); TI subparallel sided at base, converging from middle to apex, 2.1× longer than basal width, basal width 1.8× as long as apical width ( Fig. 3E ); ovipositor sheath 1.2× as long as hind tibia ( Fig. 3F ); body black. Distribution. Hungary , Israel , Jordan , Romania , Turkey ( Yu et al., 2016 ), Iran ( Khuzestan province ), new record. Comments. One character was found to be different from the original description of I . meruloides ; Nixon (1965) indicated that the ovipositor is as long as hind tibia, however in the specimens examined in the present study, the ovipositor is 1.2× as long as hind tibia ( Fig. 3F ).