Adialytus ambiguus (Haliday, 1834)

Rakhshani, Ehsan, Stary, Petr & Tomanovic, Zeljko, 2012, Species of Adialytus Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) in Iran: taxonomic notes and tritrophic associations, ZooKeys 221, pp. 81-95 : 83-84

Adialytus ambiguus (Haliday, 1834) cf. Figs 2B3B4B5B6B

Material examined.

22♂ 20♀, Sipha maydis Passerini on Bromus tectorum , NK, Gharemeidan (37°25'42"N, 56°33'19"E, 1544 m), 14.V.2008, 15♂ 18♀, coll. S. Kazemzadeh; Sipha elegans del Guercio on Gastridium phleoides , IS, Nazhvan (32°38'25"N, 51°35'48"E, 1582 m), 05.IX.2011, 7♂ 2 ♀, coll. E. Nader.

Comments.

The specimens normally run to Adialytus ambiguus according to the general characters of the first metasomal tergite (Fig 5B), ovipositor sheath (Fig 6B), the flagellomeres (Fig 2B) and the setae on the hind femur (Fig 4B). It can be differentiated from Adialytus ambiguus by having the shorter vein R1 that is 0.9-1.1 × as long as pterostigma that does not reach the apex of the fore wing (Fig 3B). It can be separated from Adialytus arvicola (Fig 3C), by its longer vein R1.