Xynobius rudis (Wesmael, 1835)

Distribution in Iran. Kermanshah (Ghahari and Fischer 2012 as Opius rudis), Sistan & Baluchestan (Khajeh et al. 2014).

Distribution outside Iran. Armenia, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Korea, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Uzbekistan (Yu et al. 2012), Austria (Fischer 1963, 1980 as Opius rudis; Yu et al. 2012), Belgium (Wesmael 1835 as Opius rudis; Fischer 1963 as Opius rudis; Yu et al. 2012), former Czechoslovakia (Fischer 1963 as Opius rudis), France, Hungary, Netherlands (Fischer 1963 as Opius rudis; Yu et al. 2012), Germany (Fischer 1963 as Opius rudis; Belokobylskij et al. 2003 as Opius rudsaevuluais; Yu et al. 2012), Portugal (van Achterberg and Aguiar 2009 as Phaedrotoma rudis; Yu et al. 2012), Serbia (Žikić et al. 2013b as Phaedrotoma rudis), Spain (Jiménez- Peydró 1983a as Opius rudis; Avinent and Jiménez 1987 as Opius rudis; Yu et al. 2012; Jiménez-Peydró and Peris- Felipo 2014), Sweden (Thomson 1895 as Opius rudis; Fischer 1963 as Opius rudis; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey (Fischer and Beyarslan 2005b, 2012; Beyarslan and Fischer 2011, 2013 all as Opius rudis; Yu et al. 2012; Beyarslan 2015), UK (Marshall 1899 as Opius rudis; Fischer 1963 as Opius rudis; Broad et al. 2012 as Phaedrotoma rudis; Yu et al. 2012), USA (Avinent and Jiménez 1987 as Opius rudis; Shaw 2002 as O. rudis; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Agromyza sp. ( Diptera: Agromyzidae) (Marsh 1979). Yu et al. (2012) reported Agromyza megalopsis Hering, 1933 and A. nigripes Meigen, 1830 ( Diptera: Agromyzidae) as hosts for this species. Žikić et al. (2013b) reported Agromyza nigripes Meigen, 1830 ( Diptera: Agromyzidae).