Chelonus (Microchelonus) subpamiricus Farahani &amp; van Achterberg 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Mazhar, Alireza Rajabi
name: Goldasteh, Shila
name: Farahani, Samira
name: Van Achterberg, Cornelis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Chelonus
Chelonus subpamiricus

description: <i>Chelonus</i> (<i>Microchelonus</i>) <i>subpamiricus</i> Farahani &amp; van Achterberg sp. nov. (Figures 2A–2F) Material examined: Holotype: female, Iran: Hamadan Province: Asadabad, Galehbor (34°50′N, 48°10′E, 2150 m a.s.l.), 07.07.2015, 1&amp;female; (ICRIFR); leg.: A. Rajabi Mazhar. Paratype: 1&amp;female;, same data as holotype (ICRIFR). <b>Differential diagnosis:</b> This species can be readily separated by the length of the hind femur (3.0 times its width) and the ratio of marginal cell/2nd submarginal cell from <i>Chelonus</i> (<i>Microchelonus</i>) <i>pamiricus</i> Vojnovskaja-Krieger, 1931. Moreover, metasomal carapace gradually narrowed from proximal third; longitudinal diameter of eye 1.7 times height of gena; width of face 2.1 times its height; POL 2.5 times diameter of ocellus. <b>Description</b>: <b>Female (holotype).</b> Length of body 4.2 mm, length of forewing 3.0 mm. Head: Antennae long and slender, 16-segmented, slightly shorter than body, granulate; scape elongate, pedicel small, 2.9 and 1.2 times their width respectively, length of the 1st flagellar segment 5.0 times its width, the 2nd flagellar segment as long as the 3rd, apical segments 2.5 times as long as their width; head transverse, 2.0 times as wide as its length in dorsal view, roundly contracted behind eyes, temple 1.2 timesaslongastransversediameter of eye in dorsal view (Figure 2A), occiput concave, ocelli small, not on line, maximum diameter of the lateral ocellus: postocellar line: ocular-ocellar line as 9:23:35; vertex with transverse rugae behind ocelli, longitudinal diameter of eye 1.7 times height of gena; face transverse in frontal view, width of face 2.1 times its height, coarsely reticulate-punctate; clypeus protuberant, denticles absent (Figure 2B); length of maxillary palp slightly longer than of length of face with clypeus together. Mesosoma: mesoscutum punctate (Figure 2C); mesoscutum with more distinct longitudinal of rugae before scutellum; propodeum coarsely sculpture, with small lateral teeth. Wings: Anterior margin of marginal cell of forewing shorter than pterostigma (Figure 2D); radial cell of forewing about as long as the 2nd submarginal cell. Legs: Hind coxa coarsely rugose; length of hind femur 3.0 times its width, with minute punctures, hind tibia and tarsus equal in length. Metasoma: Metasomal carapace gradually narrowed from proximal third, not bent apically; length of metasomal carapace 2.2 times its width in middle, densely and rather coarsely punctate, with longitudinal rugae in basal, becoming weaker toward its posterior part (Figure 2E), in lateral view rather flat; apical sternites projecting from under carapace (Figure 2F); ovipositor projecting beyond apical sternite. Coloration: Body black; antenna black, except brownish basal segments (Figure 2F); maxillary palp brownish, mandible brownish; wings slightly infuscate, basal half with pale yellowish veins (Figure 2D); legs mostly brownish, coxae black, apices of hind femur and tibia infuscate. Distribution: Iran. Etymology. The Latin preposition “sub” indicates the close relation of this new species to <i>C. pamiricus</i>. Male. Unknown.
description: Published as part of <i>Mazhar, Alireza Rajabi, Goldasteh, Shila, Farahani, Samira &amp; Van Achterberg, Cornelis, 2018, New species and new record of Chelonini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from western Iran, pp. 416-421 in Turkish Journal of Zoology 42 (4)</i> on pages 418-419, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1711-9, http://zenodo.org/record/5018961