Clinocentrus excubitor (Haliday, 1836)

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 : 245

* Clinocentrus excubitor (Haliday, 1836)

( Fig. 14 A–D)

Material examined. Mazandaran province: Noor, Chamestan, Joorband (36°26′17.28″ N, 52°07′16.62″ E, 272 m a. s. l.), 28.vi.2011, 1♀; leg. A. Mohammadi.

Diagnostic characters (female). Body length 5.5 mm; antenna with 33 segments; face 1.2 × wider than its height (as long as height of face and clypeus combined), hypoclypeal depression 2.1 × its distance from compound eye ( Fig. 14 A); ocelli large, postocellar line and ocular-ocellar line as long as ocellar diameter ( Fig. 14 B), length of compound eye 2.4 × longer than temple in dorsal view ( Fig. 14 B); vein 3-SR of fore wing 2.0 × longer than vein r ( Fig. 14 C); first and second metasomal tergites densely striae, third tergite with curved striae, distal third with transverse striae, ovipositor sheath 1.1 × longer than first-third metasomal tergites.

Coloration. Body yellowish ( Fig. 14 D), antenna yellowish, head yellowish except frons, stemmaticum, vertex and medial of face black, mesoscutum, scutellum and lower part of mesopleuron yellowish, legs yellowish; metasoma yellowish, except first, second and third metasomal tergites black ( Fig. 14 D).

General distribution. Oriental, eastern and western Palaearctic.

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

Figures

FIGURE 14. Clinocentrus excubitor (Haliday, 1836), female; A. Head, frontal view, B. Head, dorsal view, C. Fore wing, D. General habitus, lateral view.