Belyta bicolor Jurine, 1807

Izadizadeh, M., Talebi, A. A., Chemyreva, V. G., Farahani, S., Kazerani, F. & Ameri, A., 2023, New data on the genus Belyta Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae, Belytinae) from Iran, Far Eastern Entomologist 471, pp. 1-18 : 5

Belyta bicolor Jurine, 1807

Figs 9–14

MATERIAL EXAMINED (6 ♂). Gilan Province: Amlash (36°58′31″ N, 50°07′03.1″ E, 1380 m a.s.l), 25.VI 2018, 6 ♂, leg. F. Kazerani ( TMUC, RIRF).

DIAGNOSIS. Male ( Fig. 9 ). Body length 3.2–3.5 mm; face smooth and pubescent ( Fig. 10 ) head in dorsal view transverse, 1.5 times as wide as long, smooth and pubescent ( Fig. 11 ); POL 0.9 times as long as OOL ( Fig. 11 ); antenna slender; A3 basally with emargination, reaching 0.35 of this segment length ( Fig. 12 ); A4 3.0 times as long as wide; epomia strong; mesoscutum, convex and pubescent; anterior scutellar pit subsquare; scutellum convex and pubescent; fore wing length 2.7–3.0 mm; marginal vein 0.8–1.0 times as long as radial cell ( Fig. 13 ); dorsal area of propodeum smooth and with sparse setae; median propodeal keel widely forked ( Fig. 14 ); petiole in dorsal view 1.5–1.8 times as long as wide and with longitudinal keels ( Fig. 14 ); T2 anteriorly with a median groove and laterally with some striations.

DISTRIBUTION. Iran (new record); Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland ( Macek, 1996).

Figures

Figs 9–14. Belyta bicolor Jurine, 1807, male. 9 – general habitus; 10 – head in frontal view; 11 – head in dorsal view; 12 – base of antenna; 13 – fore wing; 14 – propodeum and basal part of metasoma.