Bracon (Glabrobracon) obscurator Nees, 1811

Ameri, Ali, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Beyarslan, Ahmet & Kamali, Karim, 2015, Additional evidence and new records of the genus Bracon Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in southern Iran, Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (6), pp. 1110-1120 : 1112-1113

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https://doi.org/ 10.3906/zoo-1404-62

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scientific name

Bracon (Glabrobracon) obscurator Nees, 1811
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Bracon (Glabrobracon) obscurator Nees, 1811 View in CoL *

Material examined: Iran, Hormozgan Province, Geno (27°28′53.23″N, 56°18′27.03″E, 680 m a.s.l.), 21-XII-2012, 2♀, leg. A. Ameri. GoogleMaps

Distribution in Iran: Hormozgan Province (this study).

General distribution: Azerbaijan, Austria, Iran (new record), Italy, Spain, Turkey, Finland, Croatia, Romania, France, Russia, Hungary ( Yu et al., 2012).

Diagnosis: Malar space 0.22× height of compound eye, head black in dorsal view with sparse hairs, width of head 2.1× its length in dorsal view ( Figure 2A View Figure 2 ); oral cavity about 2.16× its distance to compound eye ( Figure 2B View Figure 2 ); temple 0.57× length of compound eye ( Figure 2C View Figure 2 ); length of thorax 1.5× its height ( Figure 2D View Figure 2 ); antenna

24-segmented (female); mesonotum black and shiny ( Figure 2E View Figure 2 ), marginal cell of the forewing terminating at wing apex, second submarginal cell elongated, 3-SR vein about 1.33× as long as 2-SR vein and 1.58× as long as r, SR-1 vein straight, r-m vein as long as r vein, m-cu postfurcal and 1.4× as long as 2-SR + M, pterostigma 0.66× as long as 1-R1 ( Figure 2F View Figure 2 ); propodeum smooth and glossy, without median carina ( Figure 2G View Figure 2 ); length of first metasomal tergite about 1.6× its posterior width, sculpture of metasomal tergites smooth, suture between second and third metasomal tergite straight and weakly crenulated, length of second tergite about equal to third metasomal tergite ( Figure 2H View Figure 2 ); body entirely black.

Bracon (Glabrobracon) atrator Nees, 1834

Material examined: Iran, Hormozgan Province, Geno (27°28′53.23″N, 56°18′27.03″E, 680 m a.s.l.), 21-XII-2012, 1♀, leg. A. Ameri. GoogleMaps

Distribution in Iran: Guilan Province ( Ghahari et al., 2012b), Hormozgan Province (this study).

General distribution: Austria, Belgium, England, France, Finland, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey ( Yu et al., 2012).

Bracon (Glabrobracon) ahngeri Telenga, 1936 *

Material examined: Iran, Hormozgan Province, Hajiabbad, Tezerj (28°17′01.81″N, 55°45′14.76″E, 882 m a.s.l.), 17-V-2012, 1♀, leg. A. Ameri. GoogleMaps

Distribution in Iran: Hormozgan Province (this study).

General distribution: Iran (new record), Korea, Russia ( Yu et al., 2012).

Diagnosis: Temple 0.57× length of compound eye, head black in dorsal view and lower part yellowish brown, width of head 1.8× its length in dorsal view ( Figure 3A View Figure 3 ), malar space 0.27× length of compound eye ( Figure 3B View Figure 3 ), temple 0.71× length of compound eye ( Figure 3C View Figure 3 ), antenna 20-segmented, oral cavity almost equal to its distance to compound eye; length of thorax 1.58× as long as height ( Figure 3D View Figure 3 ); mesonotum black and shiny, notauli and basal half of scutellum yellowish brown ( Figure 3E View Figure 3 ), forewing marginal cell terminating at wing apex, second submarginal cell elongated, 3-SR vein about 1.35× as long as 2-SR vein and 2.2× as long as r, SR-1 vein straight, r-m vein as long as r vein, m-cu postfurcal and 2.5× as long as 2-SR + M, pterostigma 0.7× as long as 1-R1 ( Figure 3F View Figure 3 ); propodeum smooth and glossy without median carina ( Figure 3G View Figure 3 ); length of first metasomal tergite almost equal to its posterior width, sculpture of metasoma smooth, suture between second and third metasomal tergite straight, length of second tergite about equal to third metasomal tergite. Ovipositor 0.6× as long as metasoma ( Figure 3H View Figure 3 ); body yellowish brown except mesonotum in anterior and lateral views; head in dorsal view and metasoma dark brown or black.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Bracon

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