Subgenus: Utetes Foerster, 1862

Utetes Foerster, 1862: 261 . Type species: Opius testaceus Wesmael.

Remark. According to Wharton et al. (1997) Utetes is a genus: We prefer to retain it as asubgenus: in this paper.

Opius (Utetes) aemulus (Haliday, 1837)

Opius aemulus Haliday 1837: 203 –221.

Apodesmia aemulus van Achterberg, 1997: 1 –115. Opius (Utetes) aemulus Papp 1981a: 203 –226.

Opius (Xynobius) aemulus Tobias & Jakimavicius, 1986: 7 –231. Opius (Utetes) aemulus Fischer, 1972: 1 –620.

Synonym. Opius longipes Fischer, 1957 b; Opius melbus Papp, 1978 .

Distribution in Turkey. Kirklareli, Kastamonu (Fischer & Beyarslan, 2005b); Gümüşhane (Fischer & Beyarslan, 2012).

Distribution. Western Palaearctic. Austria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom.