A New Species of the Genus Mirax Haliday, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Miracinae) from Iran

Samira Farahani; Ali Asghar Talebi; Cornelis van Achterberg; Ehsan Rakhshani

doi:10.3161/000345414X685956

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Samira Farahani,¹ Ali Asghar Talebi,^1,* Cornelis van Achterberg,² Ehsan Rakhshani³

¹1Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box: 14115-336,
²2Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Postbox 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The
³3Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran

^*Corresponding author: e-mail: talebia@modares.ac.ir

Abstract

Mirax caspiana sp. nov. from Iran is described and illustrated. The new species is characterized by having the second metasomal tergite aciculate, the width of face 1.2 times longer than height of face and clypeus combined, the penultimate flagellomere twice as long as wide and the malar space as long as basal width of mandible. A key to the species of the genus Mirax Haliday in the West Palaearctic Region is provided.

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Samira Farahani, Ali Asghar Talebi, Cornelis van Achterberg, and Ehsan Rakhshani "A New Species of the Genus Mirax Haliday, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Miracinae) from Iran," Annales Zoologici 64(4), 677-682, (1 December 2014). https://doi.org/10.3161/000345414X685956

Received: 12 May 2014; Accepted: 1 October 2014; Published: 1 December 2014

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