Bracon (Bracon) intercessor Nees, 1834

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 : 358-359

Bracon (Bracon) intercessor Nees, 1834 ( Figs 4 A–C)

Material examined: Iran, Hormozgan province, Queshm Island, Ramkan (26° 52′ 25.27″ N, 56° 1′ 7.33″ E, 34 m a.s.l.), 21-02-2011, 2 ♀, Hajiabbad, Tezerj (27° 17′ 51.81″ N, 55° 45′ 14.76″ E, 867 m a.s.l.), 19-04-2011, 1 ♀, Qale Qazi (27° 26′ 53.33″ N, 56° 32′ 53.03″ E, 42 m a.s.l.), 22-03-2011, 2 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri.

Diagnosis: Head yellow with black area surrounding ocelli ( Fig. 4 A), 1.83 X as broad as long in dorsal view and temple usually receded, length of malar space 0.30 X longitudinal eye diameter, antenna 31-segmented, shorter than body, oral cavity equal to its distance to eye; mesonotum smooth, propleuron in lateral view straight and sculpture, propodeum weakly sculptured with median longitudinal carina at the basal half; fore wing marginal cell terminating near the wing apex, second submarginal cell short, 3-SR vein about 1.2 X as long as 2-SR vein, SR-1 vein straight, r-m vein 1.17 X as long as r vein ( Fig. 4 B); first metasomal tergite broader behind than length, sculpture of tergites rougher and extending to their entire surface ( Fig. 4 C), length of second tergite about 1.3 X as long as third tergite, first tergite gradually broadening posteriorly; ovipositor as long as metasoma ( Fig. 4 C); body yellowish brown with dark spots on first metasomal segments ( Fig. 4 A).

General distribution: Eastern Palaearctic ( Korea, Mongolia, Russia), Western Palaearctic ( Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikestan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan) ( Yu et al. 2012).

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FIGURE 4. Bracon (Bracon) intercessor Nees. A. Lateral aspect of female general habitus, B. Fore wing, C. Dorsal aspect of metasoma and ovipositor.