Biosteres carbonarius ( Nees, 1834 )

Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan, Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier & Fischer, Maximilian, 2016, Updated checklist of Iranian Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4066 (1), pp. 1-40 : 4

Biosteres carbonarius ( Nees, 1834)

Distribution in Iran. Lorestan ( Ghahari et al. 2012a).

Distribution outside Iran. Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Faeroe Islands, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia ( Yu et al. 2012), Austria ( Fischer 1963 as Opius impressus ; Fischer 1974, 1980; Hellrigl 1997; Yu et al. 2012), Belgium ( Wesmael 1835 as Opius carbonarius ; Fischer 1963 as Opius impressus ; Yu et al. 2012), Canada ( Fischer 1983b; Yu et al. 2012; Sharanowski et al. 2014), Czech Republic, Denmark ( Fischer 1963 as Opius impressus ; Yu et al. 2012), Estonia ( Fischer and Koponen 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Finland ( Fischer 1963 as Opius impressus ; Fischer and Koponen 1999, 2000b, 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Germany ( Fischer 1963 as Opius impressus ; Belokobylskij et al. 2003; Yu et al. 2012), Iceland ( Gudleifsson 2002; Yu et al. 2012), Italy ( Fischer 1980; Yu et al. 2012), Japan ( Fischer 1963 as Opius impressus ; Fischer 1983a; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Tobias 1998, 2001; Lelej 2012; Yu et al. 2012), Korea ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Tobias 1998, 2001; Lelej 2012; Yu et al. 2012), Romania ( Fischer 1963 as Opius carbonarius ; Fischer 1983a; Lelej 2012), Russia ( Fischer 1963 as Opius carbonarius ; Fischer 1983a; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Tobias 2000; Lelej 2012; Yu et al. 2012), Sweden ( Thomson 1895 as Opius carbonarius ; Yu et al. 2012), Switzerland (Fischer 1959 as Opius onzi ; Fischer 1963 as Opius impressus ; van Achterberg 2014b), Turkey ( Fischer and Beyarslan 2005a; Beyarslan and Fischer 2011, 2013; Yu et al. 2012; Beyarslan 2015), UK ( Marshall 1899 as Biosteres impressus and as B. carbonarius ; Fischer 1963 as Opius impressus ; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Broad et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2012), USA ( Fischer 1983b; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Tobias 1998, 2001; Lelej 2012; Yu et al. 2012), former Yugoslavia ( Fischer and Koponen 1999).

Host records. In Finland, it is reported from several Anthomyiidae species ( Diptera ): Pegomya betae (Curtis, 1847) and P. hyoscyami (Panzer, 1809) on Beta vulgaris L., P. nigritarsis (Zetterstedt, 1838) on Rumex acetosa L., P. nigrisquama (Stein, 1888) on Solidago virgaurea L., P. s t ei n i (Hendel, 1925), Delia radicum (L., 1758) ( Fischer and Koponen 1999). Yu et al. (2012) reported Delia antiqua (Meigen, 1826) , D. radicum (L., 1758), Pegomya bicolor (Wiedemann, 1817) , P. hyoscyami (Panzer, 1809) , P. nigrisquama (Stein, 1888) , P. solennis (Meigen, 1826) , and P. s t ei ni (Hendel, 1925) ( Diptera : Anthomyiidae ).