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Microplitis rufiventris Kokujev 1914

  • 1. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
  • 2. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, Canada.
  • 3. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.

Description

Microplitis rufiventris Kokujev, 1914

Fig. 10

Microplitis rufiventris Kokujev, 1914: 513.

Diagnosis (female)

Body length 2.8–3.5 mm; antenna as long as body, F15 length 2.0 × its width (Fig. 10A); in dorsal view, head width 1.8 × its length (Fig. 10B); anteromesoscutum rugulose; mesoscutellar disc weakly rugulose (Fig. 10C); vein R1 as long as pterostigma half; 1 st discal cell length 1.2–1.3 × its width; vein 1CUb 2.0 × as long as vein 1CUa (Fig. 10D); T1 length 2.0 × its maximum width, T1 smooth, shiny and parallel- to sub-parallel-sided (Fig. 10F). Colour: body black; antenna and metatarsus brown; tegula, tergites and legs reddish yellow to yellow; basal one third of pterostigma with a yellow spot (Fig. 10).

Material examined

IRAN – Alborz Province • 2 ♀♀; Karadj; 35°46′08.88″ N, 50°56′55.20″ E; 1277 m a.s.l.; 29 Jun. 2010; M. Khayrandish leg.; Malaise trap; TMUC-HBMMP0057, TMUC-HBMMP0058.

Distribution in Iran

Alborz Province (Farahani et al. 2014c; present study), Tehran Province (Farahani et al. 2014c), Qazvin Province (Farahani et al. 2016).

Notes

Published as part of Abdoli, Parisa, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Fernandez-Triana, Jose & Farahani, Samira, 2021, Taxonomic study of the genus Microplitis Förster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Iran, pp. 83-118 in European Journal of Taxonomy 744 on page 101, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.744.1305, http://zenodo.org/record/4690330

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
TMUC-HBMMP
Event date
2010-06-29
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Microplitis
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
TMUC-HBMMP0057, TMUC-HBMMP0058
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Kokujev
Species
rufiventris
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2010-06-29
Taxonomic concept label
Microplitis rufiventris Kokujev, 1914 sec. Abdoli, Talebi, Fernandez-Triana & Farahani, 2021

References

  • Kokujev N. R. 1914. Hymenoptera parasitic nove fauna turanica V. I. Platnikov collecta. Revue Russe d'Entomologie 13: 513 - 514.
  • Farahani S., Talebi A. A., van Achterberg C. & Rakhshani E. 2014 c. First record of Microplitis rufiventris Kokujev, 1914 (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Iran. Check List 10: 441 - 444. https: // doi. org / 10.15560 / 10.2.441
  • Farahani S., Talebi A. A & Rakhshani E. 2016. Iranian Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea): diversity, distribution and host association. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2: 1 - 92.