* Aleiodes (Chelonorhogas) aestuosus (Reinhard, 1863)

(Figs 9 A–F, 12A)

Material examined. Mazandaran province: Noor, Chamestan, Gaznasara (36°16′58.08″ N, 52°10′55.62″ E, 2013 m a. s. l.), 28.vi.2011, 1♀; leg. A. Mohammadi.

Diagnostic characters (female). Body length 10.0 mm; antenna with 55 segments, length of flagellum as long as its width, except first flagellar segment; compound eyes very small (Fig. 9 A); face 3.0 × as wide as its height, hypoclypeal depression 2.6 × as wide as its distance from compound eye (Fig. 9 B); postocellar line as long as ocellar diameter, ocular-ocellar line 3.5 × longer than ocellar diameter (Fig. 9 C), temple developed, length of temple 1.3 × longer than length of compound eye in dorsal view (Fig. 9 C); mesopleuron punctate (Fig. 9 D); vein r of fore wing 0.2 × as long as 3-SR, vein 2-CU1 as long as vein 1-CU1(Fig. 9 E), marginal cell of hind wing widened apically; claws blackish pectinate; second metasomal tergite distinctly transverse, 1.7 × wider than its length, first and second metasomal tergites rugose, without longitudinal striae (Fig. 9 F).

Coloration. Body reddish yellow (Fig. 12 A); antenna completely black, head reddish yellow except stemmaticum (Fig. 9 C), mesonotum and scutellum reddish yellow, propodeum and lower part of mesopleuron black (Fig. 9 D), wings smoky; tarsus, apex of all femurs and tibiae black; metasoma reddish yellow (Fig. 9 F). General distribution. Oriental, eastern and western Palaearctic.

Distribution in Iran. Mazandaran province (current study). New record for Iran.