Utetes curtipectus (Fischer, 1958)

Dolati, Sana, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, Farahani, Samira & Khayrandish, Mohammad, 2021, New data on the subfamily Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4903 (3), pp. 331-352 : 347

Utetes curtipectus (Fischer, 1958)

Material collected: Iran, Mazandaran province: Joorband (36°26′17″N, 52°07′16″E, 272 m a.s.l.), 30.III.2011, 1♀ ; Guilan province: Eshman kamachal (37°21′10″N, 49°57′56″E), 2 m a.s.l.), 6.IV.2010, 1♀, leg.: A. Nadimi.

Diagnosis (Female): Body length 2.8 mm ( Fig. 11A ); antenna somewhat longer than body; Clypeus semicircular ( Fig. 11B ); mandibles uniformly broadened basally, oral cavity developed ( Fig. 11B ); width of head 2.0× its maximum height (dorsal view) ( Fig. 11C ); notauli smooth ( Fig. 11D ); medio-posterior mesoscutal depression rounded ( Fig. 11D ); scutellum almost smooth ( Fig. 11D ); mesosoma 1.3× its maximum height ( Fig. 11E ); mesepimeral sulcus on posterior margin of mesopleuron smooth ( Fig. 11E ); precoxal sulcus somewhat rugose ( Fig. 11E ); pterostigma cuneate, 2nd submarginal cell somewhat narrowed toward apex, m-cu vein interstitial, 3RSa vein longer than 2RS vein ( Fig. 11F ); length of hind femur 5.0× its maximum width; propodeum uniformly rugose ( Fig. 11G ); second metasomal tergite smooth, 1st tergite roughly as long as its width at apex; ovipositor sheaths slightly extended beyond apex of metasoma ( Fig. 11H ).

Distribution in Iran: Mazandaran and Guilan provinces (current study).

General distribution: Western Palaearctic ( Yu et al. 2016) and Iran (new record).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Utetes curtipectus (Fischer, 1958): A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, dorsal view; D. mesosoma, dorsal view; E. Mesosoma, lateral view; F. Fore wing; G. Propodeum, dorsal view; H. Ovipositor sheath.