Aleiodes (Aleiodes), Nees, 1834

Farahani, Samira, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2015, A review of the subfamily Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran, Zootaxa 3973 (2), pp. 227-250 : 230-231

* Aleiodes (Aleiodes) alternator (Nees, 1834)

( Figs 2 A–F, 8A)

Material examined. Guilan province: Roodsar, Rahim abad, Orkom (36°45′44.34″ N, 50°18′11.88″ E, 1201 m a.

s. l.), 04.x.2010, 2♀; Astaneh Ashrafiyeh, Eshman kamachal (37°21′10.50″ N, 49°57′56.16″ E, 2 m a. s. l.), 27.ix.2010, 1♂; 04.x.2010, 1♀, 7♂; 11.x.2010, 1♀; 15.xi.2010, 1♀; Astaneh Ashrafiyeh, Eshman kamachal (37°22′03.66″ N, 49°57′57.84″ E, - 1 m b. s. l.), 05.vii.2010, 1♀; 25.vii.2010, 1♀; 09.viii.2010, 1♀, 2♂; 16.viii.2010, 1♂; 29.viii.2010, 1♀; 05.ix.2010, 4♂; 12.ix.2010, 4♂; 19.ix.2010, 3♀, 12♂, 04.x.2010, 1♀, 3♂; 11.x.2010, 1♂; leg. A. Nadimi.

Diagnostic characters (female). Body length 5.2–6.7 mm; antenna with 46–48 segments; compound eyes medium-sized ( Fig. 2 A); face 1.5–1.6 × as wide as its height, hypoclypeal depression 0.6 × as wide as its distance from compound eye ( Fig. 2 B); postocellar line as long as ocellar diameter, ocular-ocellar line 1.3–1.4 × longer than ocellar diameter ( Fig. 2 C), length of temple 0.7 × compound eye in dorsal view ( Fig. 2 C); mesopleuron rugose ( Fig. 2 D); vein r of fore wing oblique, 0.5 × as long as 3-SR, vein 2-SR+M long, approximately as long as 2-SR, length of vein 2-CU1 2.0 × vein 1-CU1 ( Fig. 2 E), marginal cell of hind wing parallel-sided apically; claws simple; first and second metasomal tergites with longitudinal striae, second metasomal tergite transverse, 1.3–1.4 × wider than its length, third and following metasomal tergites without longitudinal striae ( Fig. 2 F).

Coloration. Body reddish; apical half of antenna dark, frons, vertex and medial face black, temple reddish; mesonotum and scutellum reddish, mesopleuron and propodeum with black pattern; apical half of hind femur black; first, second and basal half of third metasomal tergite reddish ( Fig. 8 A).

General distribution. Oriental, Palaearctic.

Distribution in Iran. Guilan province (current study). New record for Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Aleiodes alternator (Nees, 1834), female; A. Head, lateral view, B. Head, frontal view, C. Head, dorsal view, D. Mesosoma, lateral view, E. Fore wing, F. Metasoma, dorsal view.

FIGURE 8. Lateral habitus of female in Aleiodes species; A. A. alternator, B. A. arnoldii, C. A. bicolor, D. A. circumscriptus, E. A. nocturnus, F. A. seriatus.