Microplitis cebes Nixon, 1970

Abdoli, Parisa, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Fernandez-Triana, Jose & Farahani, Samira, 2021, Taxonomic study of the genus Microplitis Förster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Iran, European Journal of Taxonomy 744, pp. 83-118 : 91-92

Microplitis cebes Nixon, 1970

Fig. 3

Microplitis cebes Nixon, 1970: 18 , pl. 26.

Diagnosis (female)

Body length 3.0– 3.8 mm; antenna as long as or slightly longer than body, F15 length 2.0 × its width; anteromesoscutum rugose to rugulose; mesoscutellar disc coriaceous ( Fig. 3C ); vein R1 shorter than pterostigma (i.e., vein R1 longer than pterostigma half), 1 st discal cell length 1.0–1.2 × its width, vein 1CUb 2.3–2.5 × as long as vein 1CUa ( Fig. 3D ); T1 length 2.0 × its maximum width, T1 sub-parallel- to parallel-sided ( Fig. 3E ). Colour: body black; pterostigma dark brown; legs except for metafemur and basal half of mesofemur yellow.

Material examined

IRAN – Alborz Province • 1 ♀; Chalous Road, Shahrestanak ; 35°57′34.98″ N, 51°22′20.34″ E; 2305 m a.s.l.; 1 Jun. 2010; M. Khayrandish leg.; Malaise trap; TMUC-HBMMP0006 . – Tehran Province • 1 ♀; Shahriar ; 35°40′08.10″ N, 50°56′56.64″ E; 1168 m a.s.l.; 27 May 2010; TMUC-HBMMP0007 • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 15 Jun. 2010; TMUC-HBMMP0008 , TMUC-HBMMP0009 • 1 ♀, 2 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Jun. 2010; TMUC-HBMMP0010 to TMUC- HBMMP0012 .

Distribution in Iran

Alborz and Tehran Provinces (present study). New record from Iran.

Figures

Fig. 3. Microplitis cebes Nixon, 1970, ♀, TMUC-HBMMP0007. A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, dorsal view. C. Mesosoma, dorsal view. D. Wings. E. Metasoma, dorsal view.