Homolobus (Phylacter) meridionalis van Achterberg, 1979

Rajabi Mazhar, A. R., Goldasteh, S., Farahani, S. & Azizkhani, E., 2018, Homolobus (Phylacter) meridionalis van Achterberg, 1979 (Braconidae, Homolobinae) in Iran: the first record from Asia, Far Eastern Entomologist 349, pp. 28-32 : 29

Homolobus (Phylacter) meridionalis van Achterberg, 1979

Figs 1–7

MATERIAL. Iran, Hamadan Prov.: Nahavand, Gian , 34°09′N, 48°13′E, 1650 m, 01.XI

2015, 1♀; Bu-Ali Sina Medicinal Plants Garden , 34°46′N, 48°30′E, 1950 m, Light trap,

10.VII 2015, 1♀. 1♂; leg. A. Rajabi Mazhar.

DIAGNOSIS (FEMALE). Body length 8.5–10.0 mm, yellowish; antenna with 47-48 segments, 3rd–6th segments of female without longitudinal keel at the inner side ( Fig. 1 ); face rather flat, clypeus convex ( Fig. 2 ), eye 1.9–2.0 times as long as temple ( Fig. 3 ); propodeum smooth, with an irregular median carina; vein cu-a of fore wing inclivous, vein 2A of fore wing distinctly sclerotized basally, plical lobe of fore wing sparsely setose, vein 1A+2A of fore wings straight ( Fig. 4 ), vein 2-SC+R of hind wing vertical ( Fig. 5 ); tarsal claws with distinct tooth-shaped basal lobe ( Fig. 7 ), length of hind femur 8.0 time its width; length of first metasomal tergite 3.0 times its apical width; ovipositor sheath long, 0.20–0.21 times as long as fore wing ( Fig. 6 ).

MALE. Same as female, slender, body length 11.0 mm; antenna 48-segmented.

BIOLOGY. Homolobus meridionalis is reared from noctuid moth Dryobota labecula

(Esper, 1788) ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) collected on Quercus sp. in southern France (Shaw,

2015).

DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic: Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Spain

(Yu et al., 2012), Iran (new record).

Figures

Figs. 1–7. Homolobus meridionalis. 1– inner side of basal segments of antenna; 2 – head,