Belyta elongata Thomson, 1858

Izadizadeh, M., Talebi, A. A., Chemyreva, V. G., Farahani, S., Kazerani, F. & Ameri, A., 2023, New data on the genus Belyta Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae, Belytinae) from Iran, Far Eastern Entomologist 471, pp. 1-18 : 10

Belyta elongata Thomson, 1858

Figs 22–27

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Mazandaran Province, Neka forest (36°21′43.03″ N, 53°32′56.7″ E, 1495 m a.s.l), 27.VI 2018, 2 ♂, leg. F. Kazerani ( TMUC, RIFR).

DIAGNOSIS. Male ( Fig. 22 ). Body length 3.6–3.7 mm; face with fine sculpture ( Fig. 23 ); head in dorsal view transverse, 1.4 times as wide as long, smooth and densely pubescent ( Fig. 24 ); POL 0.8 times as long as OOL; antenna slender; A3 basally with emargination, reaching 0.33 of this segment length; A4 3.5 times as long as wide ( Fig. 25 ); mesoscutum and scutellum convex and pubescent; anterior scutellar pit large, semicircular; epomia strongly prominent; fore wing length 3.1– 3.3 mm; marginal vein 0.5 times as long as its distance from basal vein; radial cell long, 2.8 times as long as marginal vein ( Fig. 26 ); propodeum pubescent, median propodeal keel simple ( Fig. 27 ); petiole in dorsal view 2.0–2.1 times as long as wide, with fine longitudinal keels ( Fig. 27 ); T2 anteriorly with a median groove, each side of median groove with two short grooves.

DISTRIBUTION. Iran (new record); Austria, Czech Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Slovakia, Sweden ( Nixon, 1957; Hellén, 1964; Wall, 1993: Macek, 1996).

BIOLOGY. Unknown.

Figures

Figs 22–27. Belyta elongata Thomson, 1859, male. 22 – general habitus; 23 – head in frontal view; 24 – head in dorsal view; 25 – base of antenna; 26 – fore wing; 27 – propodeum and basal part of metasoma.