Desmiostoma parvulum (Wesmael, 1835)

Dolati, Sana, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, Farahani, Samira & Khayrandish, Mohammad, 2021, New data on the subfamily Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4903 (3), pp. 331-352 : 336-337

Desmiostoma parvulum (Wesmael, 1835)

Material collected: Iran, Qazvin province: Zereshk Road (36°21′39″N, 50°03′55″E, 1541 m a.s.l.), 20.V.2011, 2 ♀, leg.: M. Khayrandish.

Diagnosis (Female): Body length 1.7 mm, black, and smooth ( Fig. 5A ); antenna with 22 antennomeres; temples as long as length of eye in dorsal view ( Fig. 5B ), roundly narrowed ( Fig. 5C ); head half as long as its width in dorsal view ( Fig. 5C ) notauli only in anteriorly distinct ( Fig. 5D ); mesosoma 1.3× its maximum height ( Fig. 5E ); precoxal sulcus weakly sculptured ( Fig. 5E ); pterostigma cuneate ( Fig. 5F ); length of hind femur 5.0× its maximum width; first metasomal tergite 1.3× as long as its width at apex ( Fig. 5G ); metasoma black; legs yellow; ovipositor sheaths short and not extended beyond apex of metasoma.

Distribution in Iran: Qazvin province (current study).

General distribution: Afrotropical, Nearctic, Oceanic, Western Palaearctic ( Yu et al. 2016) and Iran (new record).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Desmiostoma parvulum (Wesmael, 1835):A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Head, lateral view; C. Head, dorsal view; D. Mesosoma, dorsal view; E. Mesosoma, lateral view; F. Fore wing; G. First metasomal tergite, dorsal view.