Bracon (Bracon) nigratus Wesmael, 1838

Ameri, Ali, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Beyarslan, Ahmet, Kamali, Karim & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2014, Study of the genus Bracon Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Southern Iran with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3754 (4), pp. 353-380 : 362-363

* Bracon (Bracon) nigratus Wesmael, 1838 ( Figs 7 A–C)

Material examined: Iran, Hormozgan province, Queshm Island, Ramkan (26° 52′ 25.27″ N, 56° 01′ 7.33″ E, 34 m a.s.l.), 21-02-2012, 1 ♀, Minab-Chelo (27° 10′ 30.39″ N, 57° 01′ 9.79″ E, 16 m a.s.l.), 25-02 -2013, 1 ♀, Qale Qazi (27° 26′ 53.33″ N, 56° 32′ 53.03″ E, 42 m a.s.l.), 17-04-2011, 1 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri.

Diagnosis: Head dark brown to black and polished,1.95 X as broad as long in dorsal view; ( Fig. 7 A), length of malar space 0.30 X as longitudinal eye diameter, antenna 34-segmented, approximately 0.7–0.8 X as long as body, oral cavity 2.25 X as wide as its distance from eye; mesonotum smooth, propleuron in lateral view straight and smooth, propodeum sculptured in middle, without a medio-longitudinal carina above lunule, slightly rugulose; fore wing marginal cell terminating near the wing apex, second submarginal cell short, 3-SR vein 1.2–1.3 X as long as 2-SR vein; r-m vein equal to r vein ( Fig 7 B); first metasomal tergite broad, length of second tergite 2.5 X as long as its maximum apical width, densely rugulose; ovipositor approximately half as long as metasoma ( Fig. 7 C); body generally brown, propodeum and first tergite dark brown; last tergites with black median spots ( Fig 7 A).

General distribution: Eastern Palaearctic ( Russia), Western Palaearctic ( Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Serbia ( Yu et al. 2012).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Bracon (Bracon) nigratus Wesmael. A. Dorsal aspect of female general habitus, B. Fore wing, C. Dorsal aspect of metasoma and ovipositor.