Bracon (Glabrobracon) variator Nees

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 : 364

Bracon (Glabrobracon) variator Nees ( Figs 9 A–D)

Material Examined: Iran, Hormozgan province, Zakin (27° 28′ 53.23″ N, 56° 18′ 27.03″ E, 680 m a.s.l.), 24-04- 2012, 1 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri.

Diagnosis: Head dark brown ( Fig. 9 B), 1.61 X as broad as long in dorsal view, malar space 0.22 X as longitudinal diameter of eye; antenna 23-segmented, oral cavity 1.2 X as long as its distance to eye; mesonotum polished, propleuron in lateral view straight, smooth and glossy, propodeum entirely polished; fore wing marginal cell elongate, terminating near the apex of the wing, second submarginal cell medium sized, 3-SR vein equal to or slightly longer than 2-SR vein ( Fig. 9 C); length of first metasomal tergite 1.4 X as long as its apical width, tergite II-VII polished, length of ovipositor sheath and color pattern is highly variable, ovipositor sheath about 1.4 X as long as metasoma and covered with long hairs; body generally dark brown to black, second tergite and lateral area of the subsequent tergite reddish brown ( Fig. 9 A).

General distribution: Eastern Palaearctic ( China, Korea, Mongolia, Russia), Western Palaearctic ( Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan) ( Yu et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Bracon (Glabrobracon) variator Nees. A. Lateral aspect of female general habitus, B. Dorsal aspect of head, C. Fore wing, D. Dorsal aspect of metasoma and ovipositor.