Opius (Opius) caricivorae Fischer, 1964 b

Distribution in Iran. Sistan & Baluchestan (Khajeh et al. 2014).

Distribution outside Iran. Afghanistan, Slovakia (Yu et al. 2012), Austria (Fischer 1980; Hellrigl 1997; Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Estonia (Fischer and Koponen 2000, 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Finland, Greece, Korea, Russia (Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), France (Papp 1982a), Germany (Fischer 1964; Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Hungary (Papp 1979b, 2006; Yu et al. 2012), Italy (Papp 1982a; Yu et al. 2012), Poland (Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Spain (Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey (Papp 1982a; Fischer and Beyarslan 2005b, 2012; Beyarslan and Fischer 2011, 2013; Yu et al. 2012), Ukraine (Papp 1982a; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Agromyza nigrescens Hendel, 1920, Cerodontha angulata (Loew, 1869), C. caricicola (Hering, 1926), C. eucaricis Nowakowski, 1967, Phytomyza lappae Goureau, 1851 ( Diptera: Agromyzidae), Scaptomyza flava (Fallen, 1823) ( Diptera: Drosophilidae) (Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012). In China, it is reported as an important parasitoid controlling Liriomyza sativae Blanchard, 1938 (Yu et al. 2012) . Yu et al. (2012) also reported: Cerodontha caricivora (Groschke, 1954), Chromatomyia horticola (Goureau, 1851), Liriomyza chinensis (Kato, 1949), Napomyza salviae Hering, 1924, Phytomyza lappina Goureau, 1851, Ph. spinaciae Hendel, 1928 ( Diptera: Agromyzidae), Scatomyza flava (Fallen, 1823) ( Diptera: Drosophilidae).