Platygaster harteni Buhl, 2007

Material examined

IRAN • 1 ♂; South Khorasan Province, Birjand, vicinity of Mud; 32°11ʹ N, 59°53ʹ E; 1867 m a.s.l.; 31 Mar. 2017; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; on Haloxylon ammodendron (C.A.Mey.) Bunge; HMIM • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; East Azarbaijan Province, Khosroshah; 37°58′ N, 46°02′ E; 1357 m a.s.l.; May 2009; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM .

Distribution

Holarctic region (Jordan /United Arab Emirate) (Buhl 2015); Iran (Fars Province, Khonj) (Buhl 2015).

Remark

One male specimen of P. harteni was obtained from Stefaniola similata Mamaev, 1972 ( Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Haloxylon ammodendron, South Khorasan Province, 50 km of Birjand, Mud; S. similata represents a new host for P. harteni .

Host

Stefaniola similata Mamaev, 1972 ( Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on H. ammodendron is a new host record for Platygaster harteni .