Pachyneuron muscarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rahmani, Zahra, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein & Mokhtari, Azizollah, 2022, Annotated checklist of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) in the Middle East and North Africa, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2), pp. 265-377 : 327

Pachyneuron muscarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ichneumon muscarum Linnaeus, 1758:567 . – Sweden.

Material examined. 3♀♀, Iran, Sistan- o Baluchestan province , Zabol (31°06′02″ N,

61°25′07″ E), swept on Weed, 3.05.2015, H.A. Derafshan Leg.

Distribution in the Middle East: Egypt ( El-Serwy, 2001), Iran ( Lotfalizadeh & Ahmadi, 2000; Fallahzadeh et al., 2011; Ebrahimi, 2014; Jalilvand et al., 2014; Rahmani et al., 2021; current study), Iraq ( Hassan, 2021), Israel ( Rosen, 1962; Rosen et al., 1971; Ben-Dov, 1972; Mendel et al., 1984), Morocco ( Kissayi et al., 2021), Saudi Arabia ( OILB, 1971), Syria ( Diab et al., 2014) , Turkey (Eastern part – Öncüer, 1991; Central part – Kaydan et al., 2006; Western part – Tek & Okyar, 2018).

Zoogeographical distribution: Afrotropical, Eastern Palaearctic, Neotropical, Oriental, Western Palaearctic .

Remarks: This species has been recorded from Iran as Pachyneuron concolor (Förster, 1841) ( Lotfalizadeh & Ahmadi, 2000), from Israel as Pachyneuron siculum Delucchi, 1955 ( Rosen, 1962; Rosen et al., 1971; Ben-Dov, 1972) and as Pachyneuron concolor (Förster, 1841) from Israel ( Mendel et al., 1984), and Turkey ( Öncüer, 1991; Kaydan et al., 2006).