Aleiodes (Aleiodes), Tobias, 1976

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 : 232-233

* Aleiodes (Aleiodes) arnoldii ( Tobias, 1976)

( Figs 3 A–F, 8B)

Material examined. Alborz province: Chalous Road, Shahrestanak (35°58′16.26″ N, 51°21′25.80″ E, 2225m a. s. l.), 18.v.2010, 1♀; 08.vi.2010, 1♂; 15.vi.2010, 9♂; 29.vi.2010, 1♂; 14.vii.2010, 1♀, 1♂; 03.viii.2010, 1♂; 06.xi.2010, 1♂; Tehran province: Peykanshahr, Iran National Botanical Garden (35°44′19.91″ N, 51°10′52.49″ E, 1265 m a. s. l.), 04.v.2010, 3♂; 18.v.2010, 2♀, 11♂; 08.vi.2010, 1♀, 5♂; Guilan province: Roodsar, Rahim abad, Orkom (36°45′44.34″ N, 50°18′11.88″ E, 1201 m a. s. l.), 14.vi.2010, 1♀; 16.viii.2010, 1♀; Roodsar, Rahim abad, Ghazichak (36°45′52.62″ N, 50°20′01.08″ E, 1787 m a. s. l.), 09.viii.2010, 3♀; 16.viii.2010, 1♀, 1♂; Mazandaran province: Noor, Chamestan, Gaznasara (36°16′56.82″ N, 52°10′58.50″ E, 2032 m a. s. l.), 13.vii.2011, 1♀, 26.vii.2011, 1♀; leg. M. Khayrandish.

Diagnostic characters (female). Body length 6.2–6.5 mm; antenna shorter than length of body (0.6 ×) ( Fig. 8 B), with 35 segments, length of flagellum as long as its width; compound eyes medium-sized ( Fig. 3 A); width of face 2.2–2.3 × longer than its height, hypoclypeal depression as wide as its distance from compound eye ( Fig. 3 B); postocellar line 1.2–1.3 × and ocular-ocellar line 2.0–2.1 × longer than ocellar diameter ( Fig. 3 C), temple 0.7–0.8 × length of compound eye in dorsal view ( Fig. 3 C); mesopleuron rugose ( Fig. 3 D); vein r 0.3 × as long as 3-SR, vein 2-CU1 2.2–2.3 × longer than vein 1-CU1 ( Fig. 3 E), marginal cell of hind wing slightly widened apically; claws simple; first and second metasomal tergites with longitudinal striae, second metasomal tergite transverse, 1.4–1.5 × wider than its length, third and following metasomal tergites without longitudinal striae ( Fig. 3 F).

Coloration. Body reddish; apical half of antenna dark, head reddish except gena, greater part of mesosoma black; apical of hind femur and tibia black; first and second metasomal tergite reddish, following tergites black ( Fig. 8 B).

General distribution. Palaearctic.

Distribution in Iran. Alborz, Tehran, Guilan and Mazandaran provinces (current study). New record for Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Aleiodes arnoldii (Tobias, 1976), 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.