Proctotrupes gravidator (Linnaeus, 1758)

Proctotrupes gravidator (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined: 8 ♀♀ 14 ♂♂; Iran, Tehran province, Peykanshahr, National Botanical Garden   GoogleMaps (35°44′19.91″N, 51°10′52.49″E, 1265 m a.s.l.), 20-IV-2010, 2♂♂; 04-V-2010, 5 ♂♂; 18-V-2010, 3 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀; Alborz province, Chalous Road, Shahrestanak   GoogleMaps (35°58′16.26″N, 51°21′25.80″E, 2225 m a.s.l.), 06-VII-2010, 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀; leg. A. Nadimi. Guilan province, Roodsar, Rahimabad, Orkom   GoogleMaps (36°45′44.34″N, 50°18′11.88″E, 1201 m a.s.l.), 09- VII-2010, 2 ♂♂; leg. M. Khayrandish.

Diagnosis: Female ( Figure 6a View Figure 6 ): Length of body 4.6–7.0 mm; clypeus about 3.0 as wide as long; sides of pronotum with a median hairless area, which is 0.5–0.7 as large as tegula; forewing venation as in Figure 6b View Figure 6 , radial vein moderately straight; surface of propodeum with coarse reticulation and with a median carina; ovipositor sheath without longitudinal grooves and about 1.0 as long as hind tibia ( Figure 6c View Figure 6 ).

Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Croatia, Danish mainland, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, USA ( Townes and Townes, 1981; Kolyada, 1998; Johnson, 2013), and Iran (new record).

Biology: This species is a larval endoparasitoid of Amara apricaria (Paykull, 1790) , Amara bifrons (Gyllenhal, 1810) , and Harpalus sp. ( Coleoptera : Carabidae ) ( Kolyada, 1998; He and Fan, 2004).