Bracon (Orthobracon) exhilarator Nees, 1834

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 : 372

* Bracon (Orthobracon) exhilarator Nees, 1834 ( Figs 17 A–D)

Material examined: Iran, Hormozgan province: Queshm Island, Ramkan (26° 52′ 25.27″ N, 56° 01′ 7.33″ E, 34 m a.s.l.), 13-06-2012, 1 ♀, 21-02-2012, 1 ♂, 27-04-2012, 1 ♀, O 2-04-2012, 1 ♀, 17-05-2012, 1 ♀, 19-03-2012, 1 ♀, 21-02-2012, 1 ♀, 03-04-2012, 1 ♀, Minab, Chelo (27° 10′ 30.39″ N, 57° 1′ 9.79″ E, 16 m a.s.l.), 20-03 -2012, 4 ♀, Geno (27° 28′ 53.23″ N, 56° 18′ 27.03″ E, 680 m a.s.l.), 20-03-2012, 2 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri.

Diagnosis: Head dark brown and polished, 1.9 X as broad as long in dorsal view; length of malar space 0.35 X as longitudinal eye diameter, antenna 31-segmented, slightly shorter than body; mesonotum polished, propodeum smooth, without median carina, propleuron straight in lateral view and smooth; fore wing marginal cell elongate, terminating near the apex of the wing, second submarginal cell elongate, r-m vein 0.7 X as long as r vein, 3-SR vein about as long as 2-SR vein ( Fig. 17 B); length of first abdominal tergite 1.3 X as long as its apical width, second tergite with longitudinal striateiform sculpture ( Fig. 17 C); ovipositor approximately 0.5 X as long as of metasoma ( Fig. 17 C); body dark reddish brown, head, propodeum, tergite I and medio-dorsal line of metasomal tergites dark brown to black ( Fig. 17 A).

General distribution: Eastern Palaearctic ( China, Korea, Mongolia, Russia), Western Palaearctic ( Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine) ( Yu et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 17. Bracon (Orthobracon) exhilarator Nees. A. Lateral aspect of female general habitus, B. Fore wing, C. Dorsal aspect of metasoma and ovipositor.