Belyta sanguinolenta Nees, 1834

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 : 12

Belyta sanguinolenta Nees, 1834

Figs 35–40

MATERIAL EXAMINED (86 ♂). Gilan Province: Roodsar, Rahimabad, Ghazichak (36°45′52.62″ N, 50°20′01.08″ E, 1787 m a.s.l.), 03.V 2010, 1 ♂ ( TMUC); Roudsar, Rahimabad, Orkom (36°45′44.34″ N, 50°18′11.88″ E, 1201 m a.s.l.), 03.V 2010, 1 ♂ ( TMUC); 14.VI 2010, 5 ♂ ( TMUC); 06.VII 2010, 3 ♂ ( TMUC); Astaneh Ashrafiyeh, Eshman kamachal (37°22′03.66″ N, 49°57′57.84″ E, 1 m b.s.l.), 07.VI 2010, 1 ♂ ( TMUC); leg.: M. Khayrandish. Astara, Lavandevil forest (38°18′19″ N, 48°42′57″ E, 873m a.s.l.), 06.VI 2017, 1 ♂ ( TMUC); 08.VII 2017, 1 ♂, leg. S. Farahani ( TMUC); Rezvan Shahr (37°31′00″ N, 49°02′07″ E, 199 m a.s.l), 13.V 2018, 27 ♂ ( TMUC); Shafaroud forest (37°28′18ʺ N, 48°49′23ʺ E, 1114 m a.s.l), 25.VI 2018, 12 ♂ ( RIRF). Mazandaran Province: Galanderoud (36°26′56″ N, 51°51′20″ E, 1407 m a.s.l), 24.VII 2018, 4 ♂ ( TMUC); 28.VIII 2018, 2 ♂ ( RIRF); Kheyroud Kenar (36°34′36.23ʺ N, 51°34′37.94ʺ E, 722 m a.s.l), 24.VII 2018, 8 ♂ ( TMUC); 28.VIII 2018, 1 ♂ ( TMUC); Neka forest (36°30′00.4″ N, 53°27′14.2″ E, 828 m a.s.l), 16.V 2017, 4 ♂ ( TMUC); Neka forest (36°34′49.2″ N, 53°27′55.6″ E, 465 m a.s.l), 24.VII 2018, 12 ♂ ( RIRF). Golestan Province: Shast Kola forest (36°44′10.83″ N, 54°24′11.23″ E, 754 m a.s.l), 26.VI 2019, 3 ♂ ( TMUC); Bandar Gaz, Nowkandeh, Cheshme Bolbol (36°41′37.16″ N, 53°53′07.24″ E, 190 m a.s.l), 26.VI 2019, 1♂, leg. F. Kazerani ( TMUC).

DIAGNOSIS: Male ( Fig. 35 ). Body length 3.1–3.5 mm, face smooth and pubescent ( Fig. 36 ), head in dorsal view transverse, 1.8 times as wide as long, smooth and pubescent ( Fig. 37 ); POL as long as OOL; antenna slender, A3 basally with emargination, reaching 0.33 of this segment length; A4 3.5 times as long as wide ( Fig. 38 ); epomia present, moderately prominent; mesoscutum convex and pubescent; anterior scutellar pit semicircular; scutellum convex and bare; fore wing length 2.9–3.2 mm, marginal vein 0.6–0.75 times as long as its distance from basal vein ( Fig. 39 ); propodeum pubescent, median propodeal keel simple or forked ( Fig. 40 ); petiole in dorsal view 1.8–2.1 times as long as wide, with longitudinal keels ( Fig. 40 ); T2 anteriorly with striations that similar in length.

DISTRIBUTION: Iran (new record); Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Malta, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, Slovakia, Switzerland, China (Taiwan), former Yugoslavia ( Nixon, 1957; Hellén, 1964; Wall, 1993; Macek, 1996; Notton & Mifsud, 2019).

Figures

Figs 35–40. Belyta sanguinolenta Nees, 1834, male. 35 – general habitus; 36 – head in frontal view; 37 – head in dorsal view; 38 – base of antenna; 39 – fore wing; 40 – propodeum and basal part of metasoma.