Opius (Opiothorax) phytobiae Fischer, 1959

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 : 344-345

Opius (Opiothorax) phytobiae Fischer, 1959

Material collected: Iran, Guilan province: Orkom (36°45′44″N, 50°18′11″E, 1201 m a.s.l.), 3.V.2010, 1♀, leg.: M. Khayrandish.

Diagnosis (Female): Body length 1.9 mm ( Fig. 9A ); antenna 1.5× as long as body, with 22 antennomeres; head behind eyes not broadened; face black or very dark brown ( Fig. 9B ); clypeus narrow falcate ( Fig. 9B ); oral cavity developed ( Fig. 9B ); mandibles abruptly widened basally ( Fig. 9B ); mesosoma 1.3× its maximum height ( Fig. 9C ); precoxal sulcus not developed ( Fig. 9C ); mesonotum with usual structure, without medio-posterior mesoscutal depression; pterostigma cuneate; 3RSb vein 3.0× as long as 3RSa, marginal cell terminating near to apex of wing, m-cu vein almost interstitial, 2nd submarginal cell and 3RSa vein longer, 3RSa vein less than 2.0× as long as 2RS vein ( Fig. 9D ); length of hind femur 4.0× its maximum width ( Fig. 9F ); propodeum smooth; first metasomal tergite barely sculptured, remaining metasomal tergites smooth; metasoma yellow except first tergite black ( Fig. 9F ); ovipositor sheaths slightly extended beyond apex of metasoma ( Fig. 9F ).

Distribution in Iran: Guilan province (current study).

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

Figures

FIGURE 9. Opius (Opiothorax) phytobiae Fischer, 1959: A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Head, lateral view; C. Mesosoma, lateral view; F. Metasoma, lateral view; D. Fore wing.