Belyta rugosicollis Kieffer, 1909

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 : 10-12

Belyta rugosicollis Kieffer, 1909

Figs 28–34

MATERIAL EXAMINED (79 ♂). Mazandaran Province: Noor, Chamestan, Tangehvaz (36°18′51.42″ N, 52°07′48.00″ E, 1359 m a.s.l.), 13.VII 2011, 1 ♂ ( TMUC); 05.IX 2011, 1 ♂ ( TMUC); 26.IX 2011, 2 ♂, leg. M. Khayrandish ( TMUC); Kiasar, Haftkhal (36°17′19″ N, 53°23′43″ E, 1624 m a.s.l.), 3 ♂ ( TMUC). Gilan Province: Sowme'eh Sara, Gurab Zarmikh, Tanian (37°17′20″ N, 49°05′54″ E, 252 m a.s.l.), 08.VII 2017, 1 ♂ ( TMUC); 05.IX 2017, 1 ♂ ( TMUC); Lavandevil forest (38°18′19″ N, 48°42′57″ E, 873 m a.s.l.), 06.VI 2017, 2 ♂, leg. S. Farahani ( TMUC); Shafaroud forest (37°28′18″ N, 48°49′23″ E, 1114 m a.s.l), 25.VI 2018, 37 ♂ ( RIRF); 26.VIII 2018, 14 ♂ ( TMUC); 19.X 2018, 12 ♂ ( TMUC); Rezvan Shahr (37°31′00″ N, 49°2′7″E, 199 m a.s.l), 13.V 2018, 2 ♂, leg. F. Kazerani ( RIRF). Golestan Province: Shamooshak forest (36°43′55″ N, 54°16′53″ E, 492 m a.s.l.), 26.VII 2016, 2 ♂ ( TMUC); Tuskestan forest (36°46′33″ N, 54°34′58″ E, 500 m a.s.l.), 26.X 2016, 1 ♂, leg. S. Farahani ( TMUC).

DIAGNOSIS. Male ( Fig. 28 ). Body length 3.1–3.3 mm; face smooth and pubescent ( Fig. 29 ), head in dorsal view transverse, 1.6 times as wide as long, smooth and pubescent ( Fig. 30 ); POL 0.65 times as long as OOL; antenna slender; A3 basally with emargination, reaching 0.33 of this segment length ( Fig. 31 ); A4 3.0 times as long as wide; epomia strongly prominent; mesoscutum and scutellum convex and pubescent; anterior scutellar pit subsquare; fore wing length 2.6–2.9 mm; marginal vein 0.4–0.5 times as long as its distance from basal vein ( Fig. 32 ); inner side of fore tibiae with three bristles ( Fig. 33 ); dorsal area of propodeum smooth and with sparse setae; median propodeal keel widely forked ( Fig. 34 ); petiole in dorsal view 1.7–1.9 times as long as wide, with longitudinal keels ( Fig. 34 ); T2 anteriorly with a median groove and laterally with some striations.

DISTRIBUTION. Iran (new record); Austria, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland ( Nixon, 1957; Wall, 1967; Macek, 1996).

BIOLOGY. Unknown.

Figures

Figs 28–34. Belyta rugosicollis Kieffer, 1909, male. 28 – general habitus; 29 – head in frontal view; 39 – head in dorsal view; 31 – base of antenna; 32 – fore wing; 33 – fore tibiae; 34 – propodeum and base of metasoma.