Bracon (Bracon) minutator (Fabricius, 1798) (Figs 6 A–D) Material examined: Iran, Hormozgan province, Minab -Chelo (27° 10′ 30.39″ N, 57° 01′ 9.79″ E, 16 m a.s.l.), 25- 02-2013, 2 ♀, Leg. A. Ameri. Diagnosis: Head dark brown to black, polished, 1.8 X as broad as long in dorsal view (Fig. 6 A), length of malar space 0.35 X as longitudinal eye diameter; antenna 33-segmented, slightly shorter than body, oral cavity 1.5 X times as wide as its distance from eye; mesonotum smooth, sparsely haired, propleuron glossy and straight, propodeum black, polished; fore wing marginal cell elongate, terminating near wing apex; second submarginal cell elongate, 3-SR vein 1.2-1.3 X as long as 2-SR vein; r-m vein as long as r vein (Fig. 6 B); length of first metasomal tergite almost equal to its apical width; ovipositor approximately 0.4-0.5 X as long as metasoma (Figs 6 C, 6D); body reddish brown, with black areas on mesonotum, propodeum (Fig. 6 A), lower part of mesopleuron and mediodorsal area of metasomal tergites. General distribution: Eastern Palaearctic (China, Mongolia), Western Palaearctic (Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine) (Yu et al. 2012).

Published as part of Ameri, Ali, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Beyarslan, Ahmet, Kamali, Karim & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2014, Study of the genus Bracon Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Southern Iran with description of a new species, pp. 353-380 in Zootaxa 3754 (4) on page 361, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/285429