Iconella Mason, 1981

Zargar, Mohammad, Gupta, Ankita, Talebi, Asghar & Farahani, Samira, 2019, A review of the Iranian species of genus Iconella Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) with description of two new species, Zootaxa 4586 (3), pp. 491-504 : 501

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:96AAA03F-A791-4317-976C-22DFE6582B91

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5929203

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/76261A0A-D05C-FFD5-FF2E-10E7FA0EF8F7

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Plazi

scientific name

Iconella Mason
status

 

Key to the Iranian species of genus Iconella Mason View in CoL

1. Propodeum smooth, shiny and without median carina ( Fig. 7C View FIGURE 7 )................................................ 2

- Propodeum with strong median carina ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 )............................................................. 4

2. Fore wing vein 1-R1 distinctly longer than pterostigma; ovipositor sheath 1.5× as long as hind tibia; pterostigma pale yellow............................................................................. I. laspeyresiella (Papp, 1972)

- Fore wing vein 1-R1 at most as long as pterostigma; ovipositor sheath at most 1.2× as long as hind tibia; pterostigma brown..................................................................................................... 3

3. Fore wing vein 1-R1 as long as pterostigma ( Fig. 7D View FIGURE 7 ); vein r 1.8× as long as 2-SR ( Fig. 7D View FIGURE 7 ); ovipositor sheath 1.2× as long as hind tibia ( Fig. 7F View FIGURE 7 ); penultimate flagellomere length as long as width...................... I. subcamilla (Tobias, 1976)

- Fore wing vein 1-R1 shorter than pterostigma; vein r as long as 2-SR; ovipositor sheath shorter than hind tibia; penultimate flagellomere of antenna length 1.4× as long as wide.......................................... I. nagi (Papp, 1975)

4. Pterostigma pale yellow ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 )....................................................................... 5

- Pterostigma brown to dark brown ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 )................................................................ 7

5. Ovipositor sheath 2.6× as long as hind tibia ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ); penultimate flagellomere 1.4× as long as wide; basal width of first tergite 2× as long as apical width ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ); fore wing vein 1-R1 2.4× as long as distance between its end to tip of the radial cell ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ); tegula pale yellow ( Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 )................................................. I. myeloenta ( Wilkinson, 1937)

- Ovipositor sheath at most one- third longer than hind tibia..................................................... 6

6. Mesoscutum strongly shiny and very superficially punctate; fore wing vein 1-R1 2.5× as long as distance between its end to tip of the radial cell; basal width of first tergite 2.0× as long as apical width; tegula yellowish brown...... I. isus ( Nixon, 1965)

- Mesoscutum dull and punctations dense and deep ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ); fore wing vein 1-R1 4× as long as distance between its end to tip of the radial cell ( Fig. 6D View FIGURE 6 ); basal width of first tergite 2.5× as long as apical width ( Fig. 6E View FIGURE 6 ); tegula yellowish brown and black at apex ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 )........................................................... I. similus Zargar & Gupta sp. nov.

7. Propodeum with strong medial longitudinal carina with fine short radiating lines/carinae, smooth and shiny centrally on both the sides of median carina, long setae present near the anterior margin ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ); basal width of first tergite 1.8× as long as apical width ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ); post-ocellar line as long as ocular-ocellar line ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ); apical flagellomere 1.3× as long as penultimate flagellomere.................................................................... I. meruloides ( Nixon, 1965)

- Propodeum with strong medial longitudinal carina with fine radiating lines on lateral sides at an angle from apex towards base; basal margin densely punctate, remaining propodeum not smooth, shallowly punctate ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ); basal width of first tergite 2.4× as long as apical width ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 ); post-ocellar line 1.2× as long as ocular-ocellar line ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ); apical flagellomere 1.6× as long as penultimate flagellomere....................................... I. mongashtensis Zargar & Gupta sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

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