Aleiodes (Aleiodes) nocturnus Telenga, 1941

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 : 236

Aleiodes (Aleiodes) nocturnus Telenga, 1941

( Figs 6 A–F, 8E)

Material examined. 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, 1♀; Guilan province: Roodsar, Rahim abad, Ziaz (36°52′34.44″ N, 50°13′17.40″ E, 537 m a. s. l.), 19.iv.2010, 1♀, 04.x.2010, 1♂; leg. M. Khayrandish.

Diagnostic characters (female). Body length 5.1–5.5 mm; antenna with 38–39 segments; compound eyes very large ( Fig. 6 A); face 1.5 × as wide as its height, hypoclypeal depression 1.1 × as wide as its distance from compound eye ( Fig. 6 B); postocellar line and ocular-ocellar line 0.7 × as long as ocellar diameter ( Fig. 6 C), length of temple 0.4–0.5 × length of compound eye in dorsal view ( Fig. 6 C); mesopleuron densely punctate ( Fig. 6 D); vein r of fore wing 0.5 × as long as 3-SR, vein 2-CU1 2.0 × longer than vein 1-CU1 ( Fig. 6 E), marginal cell of hind wing parallel - sided apically; claws simple; first metasomal tergite narrowed basally and widening apically, second metasomal tergite distinctly transverse, 1.4 × wider than its length, without longitudinal striae ( Fig. 6 F).

Coloration. Body yellowish ( Fig. 8 E); head and mesosoma yellowish, with black pattern ( Fig. 6 D), legs yellowish; metasomal tergites completely yellow, usually basal of first metasomal tergite dark ( Fig. 6 F).

General distribution. eastern and western Palaearctic.

Distribution in Iran. Not exactly defined ( Telenga 1941; Shenefelt 1975; Tobias 1986), Tehran and Guilan provinces (current study).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Aleiodes nocturnus Telenga, 1941, 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.