Bracon (Habrobracon) hebetor Say

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 : 365

Bracon (Habrobracon) hebetor Say ( Figs 10 A–E)

Material Examined: Iran, Hormozgan province, Minab, Chelo (27° 10′ 30.39″ N, 57° 1′ 9.79″ E, 16 m a.s.l.), 29- 02-1391, 1 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri, Roodan-Faryab (27˚ 28´5.32˝ N, 57˚ 4´25.42˝ E, 313 m a.s.l.), Leg.: A. Ameri. 2 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri, Zakin (27° 28′ 53.23″ N, 56° 18′ 27.03″ E, 680 m a.s.l.), 25-04-2011, 1 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri.

Diagnosis: Head yellow, 1.9 X as broad as long in dorsal view; length of malar space 0.20 X as long as eye longitudinal diameter, antenna 18-segmented, shorter than thorax, oral cavity small, 0.9–1.2 X as its distance from eye, gena expanded; mesonotum with granulose sculpture ( Fig. 10 A), propleuron in lateral view straight and sculpture ( Fig 10 B), propodeum with rugose sculpture; fore wing marginal cell terminating before wing apex, second submarginal cell short, 3-SR vein about 0.9 X as long as 2-SR vein, r-m vein 1.5 X as long as r vein ( Fig. 10 C); first tergite broad, second tergite 1.3 X as long as third tergite; ovipositor longer than half of metasoma ( Figs 10 D, 10E); body entirely yellowish brown, except lateral side of mesonotum and propodeum.

General distribution: Cosmopolitan - Afrotrpopical ( Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan), Australian ( Australia, New South Wales, New Zealand), Eastern Palaearctic ( China, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Russia), Nearctic ( Mexico, U.S.A.), Neotropical ( Argentina, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica, Peru, Puerto Rico), Oriental ( Bangladesh, China, Taiwan, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam), Western Palaearctic ( Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Azores,, Belgium,, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madeira Islands, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger,, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan) ( Yu et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Bracon (Habrobracon) hebetor Say. A. Dorsal aspect of mesosoma. B. Lateral aspect of metasoma, C. fore wing, D. and E. Lateral aspect of metasoma and ovipositor, respectively.