Aleiodes (Chelonorhogas), 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 : 242-243

* Aleiodes (Chelonorhogas) eurinus ( Telenga, 1941)

( Figs 11 A–F, 12C)

Material examined. Guilan province: Astaneh Ashrafiyeh, Eshman kamachal (37°22′03.66″ N, 49°57′57.84″ E, - 1 m b. s. l.), 24.v.2010, 1♀; 01.vi.2010, 1♀; 07.vi.2010, 1♀; 18.x.2010, 2♀; leg. M. Khayrandish.

Diagnostic characters (female). Body length 7.5–8.1 mm; antenna with 56–54 segments; compound eyes medium-sized ( Fig. 11 A); face 2.0 × as wide as its height, hypoclypeal depression as wide as its distance from compound eye ( Fig. 11 B); postocellar line as long as ocellar diameter, ocular-ocellar line 2.0 × longer than ocellar diameter ( Fig. 11 C), length of temple 0.8 × as long as length of compound eye in dorsal view ( Fig. 11 C); mesopleuron almost smooth with sporadic punctate ( Fig. 11 D); vein r of fore wing 0.4 × as long as 3-SR, vein 2- CU1 2.5 × longer than vein 1-CU1 ( Fig. 11 E), marginal cell of hind wing widened apically; claws blackish pectinate; first, second and basal half of third metasomal tergites distinctly longitudinal striae, second metasomal tergite transverse, 1.2 × wider than its length, with smooth triangular area medio-basally ( Fig. 11 F).

Coloration. Body black; antenna brownish, head and mesosoma black ( Fig. 12 C); leg reddish except hind tarsus, basal half of hind femur and tibia black ( Fig. 12 C); first and second metasomal tergites reddish, usually medio-basally of first tergite black, third and following tergites completely black ( Fig. 11 F).

General distribution. Oriental, eastern and western Palaearctic.

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

Figures

FIGURE 11. Aleiodes eurinus (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 12. Lateral habitus of female in Aleiodes species; A. A. aestuosus, B. A. apicalis, C. A. eurinus.