Iconella Mason 1981
Creators: name: Zargar, Mohammad
name: Gupta, Ankita
name: Talebi, Asghar
name: Farahani, Samira
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Iconella

description: Key to the Iranian species of genus Iconella Mason
1. Propodeum smooth, shiny and without median carina (Fig. 7C)................................................ 2
- Propodeum with strong median carina (Fig. 6C)............................................................. 4
2. Fore wing vein 1-R1 distinctly longer than pterostigma; ovipositor sheath 1.5× as long as hind tibia; pterostigma pale yellow............................................................................. I. laspeyresiella (Papp, 1972)
- Fore wing vein 1-R1 at most as long as pterostigma; ovipositor sheath at most 1.2× as long as hind tibia; pterostigma brown..................................................................................................... 3
3. Fore wing vein 1-R1 as long as pterostigma (Fig. 7D); vein r 1.8× as long as 2-SR (Fig. 7D); ovipositor sheath 1.2× as long as hind tibia (Fig. 7F); penultimate flagellomere length as long as width...................... I. subcamilla (Tobias, 1976)
- Fore wing vein 1-R1 shorter than pterostigma; vein r as long as 2-SR; ovipositor sheath shorter than hind tibia; penultimate flagellomere of antenna length 1.4× as long as wide.......................................... I. nagi (Papp, 1975)
4. Pterostigma pale yellow (Fig. 5D)....................................................................... 5
- Pterostigma brown to dark brown (Fig. 4D)................................................................ 7
5. Ovipositor sheath 2.6× as long as hind tibia (Fig. 5F); penultimate flagellomere 1.4× as long as wide; basal width of first tergite 2× as long as apical width (Fig. 5E); fore wing vein 1-R1 2.4× as long as distance between its end to tip of the radial cell (Fig. 5D); tegula pale yellow (Fig. 5C)................................................. I. myeloenta (Wilkinson, 1937)
- Ovipositor sheath at most one- third longer than hind tibia..................................................... 6
6. Mesoscutum strongly shiny and very superficially punctate; fore wing vein 1-R1 2.5× as long as distance between its end to tip of the radial cell; basal width of first tergite 2.0× as long as apical width; tegula yellowish brown...... I. isus (Nixon, 1965)
- Mesoscutum dull and punctations dense and deep (Fig. 6C); fore wing vein 1-R1 4× as long as distance between its end to tip of the radial cell (Fig. 6D); basal width of first tergite 2.5× as long as apical width (Fig. 6E); tegula yellowish brown and black at apex (Fig. 6C)........................................................... I. similus Zargar & Gupta sp. nov.
7. Propodeum with strong medial longitudinal carina with fine short radiating lines/carinae, smooth and shiny centrally on both the sides of median carina, long setae present near the anterior margin (Fig. 3C); basal width of first tergite 1.8× as long as apical width (Fig. 3E); post-ocellar line as long as ocular-ocellar line (Fig. 3B); apical flagellomere 1.3× as long as penultimate flagellomere.................................................................... I. meruloides (Nixon, 1965)
- Propodeum with strong medial longitudinal carina with fine radiating lines on lateral sides at an angle from apex towards base; basal margin densely punctate, remaining propodeum not smooth, shallowly punctate (Fig. 4C); basal width of first tergite 2.4× as long as apical width (Fig. 4E); post-ocellar line 1.2× as long as ocular-ocellar line (Fig. 4B); apical flagellomere 1.6× as long as penultimate flagellomere....................................... I. mongashtensis Zargar & Gupta sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Zargar, Mohammad, Gupta, Ankita, Talebi, Asghar & Farahani, Samira, 2019, A review of the Iranian species of genus Iconella Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) with description of two new species, pp. 491-504 in Zootaxa 4586 (3) on page 501, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2647268