title: Aspilota isfahanensis, a new species of the genus Aspilota Foerster, 1863 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae).
abstract: A new species of Aspilota without mesoscutal pit, Aspilota isfahanensis Peris-Felipo, sp. n., is described and illustrated from Iran. The new species is compared with its three morphologically most similar species, Aspilota compressiventris Stelfox & Grahan, 1951, Aspilota makita Papp, 2008 and Aspilota spiracula Munk & Peris-Felipo, 2013, is provided. A key to the western Asian species of Aspilota is provided.
authors.affiliation: Bleichestrasse 15, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Francisco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Peris-Felipo
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, P. O. Box: 98615-538, I. R. Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yari
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, P. O. Box: 98615-538, I. R. Iran.
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rakhshani
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 199034, Russia; Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, Warszawa 00-679, Poland.
authors.forename: Sergey A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Belokobylskij
keywords: Alysiinae; Aspilota; Iran; Palaearctic; identification key; new species