Opius (Opiothorax) attributus Fischer, 1962 Material collected: Iran, Mazandaran province: Joorband (36°26′17″N, 52°07′16″E, 272 m a.s.l.), 10.X.2011, 1♀, leg.: M. Khayrandish. Diagnosis (Female): Body length 1.8 mm (Fig. 8A); antenna 1.5× as long as body, with 32 antennomeres; clypeus narrow falcate, oral cavity developed (Fig. 8B); mandibles abruptly widened basally (Fig. 8B); mesonotum with usual structure, without medio-posterior mesoscutal depression (Fig. 8C); mesosoma 1.4× its maximum height (Fig. 8D); precoxal sulcus smooth (Fig. 8D); propodeum with distinct longitudinal ridge (Fig. 8E); pterostigma cuneate, 2nd submarginal cell and 3RSa vein longer, 3RSa vein less than 2.0× as long as 2RS vein (Fig. 8F); length of hind femur 4.0-5.0× its maximum width (Fig. 8G); first metasomal tergite 1.5× as long as its width at apex (Fig. 8H); first and second metasomal tergites yellow, remaining metasomal tergites dark brown, metasomal tergites smooth except first tergite rugose (Fig. 8H); ovispositor sheaths short and not extended beyond apex of metasoma. Distribution in Iran: Mazandaran province (current study). General distribution: Western Palaearctic (Yu et al. 2016) and Iran (new record).

Published as part of Dolati, Sana, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, Farahani, Samira & Khayrandish, Mohammad, 2021, New data on the subfamily Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran, pp. 331-352 in Zootaxa 4903 (3) on page 341, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4427822