Apanteles aethiopicus Wilkinson, 1931

Distribution in Iran. Guilan (Ghahari et al. 2010c as Dolichogenidea aethiopica).

Distribution outside Iran. Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda (Yu et al. 2012), Egypt (Shenefelt 1972).

Host records. Shenfelt (1972) considers this species as a parasitoid of Achaea catella, Antigastra catalaunalis, Catalebeda sp., Diacrisia scotillum, Dioptrochasma homochroa, Gonimbrasia tyrrhea, Hamanumida daedalus, Holocera angulata, Nyodes prasinodes, Spodoptera exigua and Utethesia pulchella . Moreover, Walker (1994) and Peigler (1994) recorded A. aethiopicus from Saturniidae as Gonimbrasia tyrrhea and Holocerina angulat, and several other Lepidoptera in Arctiidae, Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae, Nymphalidae, Pyralidae and Zygaenidae . Ghahari et al. (2010c) consider this species as a parasitoid of Saturniidae . Yu et al. (2012) added Chilo zacconius and Streblote graberi as hosts of A. aethiopicus and, also, some Hymenoptera including Aphanogmus reticulatus, Brachymeria excarinata, Elasmus senegalensis and Pediobius afronigipes .