* Bracon (Lucobracon) fortipes (Wesmael, 1838) (Figs 15 A–D) Material examined: Iran, Hormozgan province, Bandar Abbas, Geno (27° 28′ 53.23″ N, 56° 18′ 27.03″ E, 680 m a.s.l.), 21-03-2011, 1 ♂, Bangelayan (27° 28′ 53.23″ N, 56° 18′ 27.03″ E, 685 m a.s.l.), 18-07-2012, 1 ♂, 18-07- 2012, 1 ♂, Zakin, Bahne (27° 53′ 7.32″N, 56° 19′ 58.34″E, 1020 m a.s.l.), 25-05-2012, 1 ♂, 25-05-2012,1 ♀, Minab, Chelo (27° 10′ 30.39″ N, 57° 1′ 9.79″ E, 16 m a.s.l.), 02-04-2012, 1 ♂, Leg. A. Ameri. Diagnosis: Head light brown, 1.6 X as broad as long in dorsal view, length of malar space 0.32 X times as longitudinal eye diameter; antenna 28-segmented, shorter than body, oral cavity large 2.14 X as wide as its distance from eye; mesonotum with granulose sculpture, elongate, 1.9 X as long as its height (Fig. 15 A); propleuron in lateral view straight, propodeum smooth, with median carina; fore wing marginal cell short, terminating far from the apex of the wing; second submarginal cell medium sized; 3-SR vein 1.5 X as long as 2-SR vein; r-m about 1.8 X as long as r vein (Fig. 15 B); length of first metasomal tergite almost 0.7 X as long as its apical width, metasomal tergites II and III granulose, only median-anterior part of 2nd metasomal tergite striate-rugose (Fig. 15 C); ovipositor about 0.7– 0.8 X as long as of metasoma (Fig. 15 D); body generally light brown, last four abdominal segments slightly darker (Fig. 15 A). General distribution: Eastern Palaearctic (Korea), Western Palaearctic (Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan (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 371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/285429