Belyta abrupta Thomson 1858
Creators: name: Izadizadeh, M.
name: Talebi, A. A.
name: Chemyreva, V. G.
name: Farahani, S.
name: Kazerani, F.
name: Ameri, A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Diapriidae
Belyta
Belyta abrupta

description: Belyta abrupta Thomson, 1858
Figs 1–8
MATERIAL EXAMINED (25 ♀, 611 ♂). Gilan Province: Astara, Lavandevil forest (38°18′19″ N, 48°42′57″ E, 873 m a.s.l.), 06.VI 2017, 2 ♂ (TMUC); 08.VII 2017, 2 ♂ (TMUC); 07.VIII 2017, 3 ♂ (TMUC); 05.IX 2017, 1 ♂, leg. S. Farahani (TMUC); Rezvan Shahr (37°31′00″ N, 49°2′7″ E, 199 m a.s.l), 13.V 2018, 4 ♀, 15 ♂ (TMUC); Shafaroud forest (37°28′18ʺ N, 48°49′23ʺ E, 1114 m a.s.l), 25.VI 2018, 2♀, 12 ♂ (TMUC); 26.VIII 2018, 6 ♀, 44 ♂ (RIRF); 19.X 2018, 5 ♀ (TMUC). Mazandaran Province: Kheyroud Kenar (36°34′36.23ʺ N, 51°34′37.94ʺ E, 722 m a.s.l), 24.VII 2018, 2 ♂ (TMUC); 21.X 2018, 3 ♂ (TMUC); Galanderoud (36°26′56″ N, 51°51′20″ E, 1407 m a.s.l), 28.VIII 2018, 3 ♂ (TMUC); 21.X 2018, 1 ♂ (TMUC); Neka forest (36°30′00.4″ N, 53°27′14.2″ E, 828 m a.s.l), 16.V 2018, 16 ♂ (TMUC); 24.VII 2018, 133 ♂ (TMUC); 29.VIII 2018, 2 ♀, 36 ♂ (RIRF); 20.X 2018, 54 ♂ (RIRF); Neka forest (36°21′43.03″ N, 53°32′56.7″ E, 1495 m a.s.l), 07.VII 2018, 10 ♂ (TMUC); 25.VII 2018, 4♀, 150 ♂ (TMUC); Neka forest (36°34′49.2″ N, 53°27′95.6″ E, 465 m a.s.l), 24.VII 2018, 1 ♀, 10 ♂ (RIRF). Golestan Province: Shast Kola forest (36° 44' 10.83" N, 54° 24' 11.23" E, 754 m a.s.l), 26.VI 2019, 67 ♂ (TMUC); 28.VII 2019, 16 ♂, leg. F. Kazerani (RIRF); Loveh forest (37°20′43″ N, 55°40′40″ E, 753 m a.s.l.), 25.VII 2016, 2 ♂ (TMUC); 03.XII 2016, 1 ♀ (TMUC); Ali Abad, Zarin Gol village (36°48′58″ N, 55°02′13″ E, 694 m a.s.l.), 26.VII 2016, 2 ♂ (TMUC); Shast Kola forest (36°45′29″ N, 54°23′12″ E, 424 m a.s.l.), 12.VI 2016, 12 ♂ (RIRF); 03.VII 2016, 15 ♂, leg. S. Farahani (TMUC).
DIAGNOSIS. Female (Fig. 1): body length 3.3–3.5 mm; face with sculpture (Fig. 2); head in dorsal view transverse, 1.4 times as wide as long, pubescent and with punctures (Fig. 3); POL 0.5 times as long as OOL (Fig. 3); flagellomeres subquadrate (Fig. 4); epomia strong; pronotal collar sculptured; mesoscutum flat, pubescent and sparse puncture; anterior scutellar pit small and bare; scutellum pubescent; fore wing length 2.7–3.1 mm; radial cell open (Fig. 5); marginal vein very short, 0.25 times as long as its distance from basal vein (Fig. 5); propodeum smooth and shine, with sparse setae and median propodeal keel strong and forked (Fig. 6); petiole in dorsal view 1.6–1.8 times as long as wide, with longitudinal keels (Fig. 6); T2 anteriorly with a median groove, each side of median groove with short grooves (Fig. 6); metasoma apically truncate. Male: A3–A14 cylindrical, A3 basally with emargination, reaching 0.4 of this segment length (Fig. 8), radial cell close (Fig. 7).
DISTRIBUTION. Iran (new record); Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France (including Corsica), Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland (Nixon, 1957; Hellén, 1964; Wall, 1993; Macek, 1996).
BIOLOGY. Unknown.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 1-18 in Far Eastern Entomologist 471 on pages 3-5, DOI: 10.25221/fee.471.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7616360