Aleiodes (Aleiodes), Herrich-Schaffer, 1838

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 : 237

* Aleiodes (Aleiodes) seriatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)

( Figs 7 A–F, 8F)

Material examined. Mazandaran province: Noor, Chamestan, Tangehvaz (36°21′55.68″ N, 52°06′10.32″ E, 702 m a. s. l.), 04.v.2011, 1♀; 04.vii.2011, 1♀; leg. A. Mohammadi.

Diagnostic characters (female). Body length 5.0– 5.2 mm; antenna with 47–49 segments, compound eyes very large ( Fig. 7 A); face 1.5 × as wide as its height, hypoclypeal depression as wide as its distance from compound eye ( Fig. 7 B); postocellar line and ocular-ocellar line 0.6 ocellar diameter ( Fig. 7 C), temple reduced, length of temple 0.3 × as long as length of compound eye in dorsal view ( Fig. 7 C); mesopleuron punctulate ( Fig. 7 D); vein r of fore wing 0.4 × as long as 3-SR, vein 2-CU1 1.3 × longer than vein 1-CU1 ( Fig. 7 E), marginal cell of hind wing parallel - sided apically; claws simple; first metasomal tergite distinctly narrowed basally, second metasomal tergite distinctly transverse, 1.4 × wider than its length, first and second metasomal tergites rugose, without longitudinal striae ( Fig. 7 F).

Coloration. Body yellowish ( Fig. 8 F); antenna completely black, head yellow except stemmaticum ( Fig. 7 C); mesosoma with black pattern ( Fig. 7 D); leg yellowish except hind femur ( Fig. 8 F); first metasomal tergite yellowish apically, second and third metasomal tergites with two black spot, fourth metasomal tergite with medial black spot ( Fig. 7 F).

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

Figures

FIGURE 7. Aleiodes seriatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838), 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.