Biosteres (Chilotrichia) wesmaelii (Haliday, 1837)

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 : 6

Biosteres (Chilotrichia) wesmaelii (Haliday, 1837)

Distribution in Iran. Kermanshah (Ghahari and Fischer 2012).

Distribution outside Iran. Austria ( Fischer 1974, 1980; Hellrigl 1997; Yu et al. 2012), Belgium, Bulgaria, China, former Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Uzbekistan ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Estonia ( Fischer and Koponen 1999, 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Finland ( Fischer and Koponen 1999, 2000b, 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Germany ( Belokobylskij et al. 2003; Yu et al. 2012), Italy ( Fischer 1981; Yu et al. 2012), Lithuania ( Jakimavicius 1977 as Opius jonaitisi ; Fischer 1984; Yu et al. 2012), Portugal (van Achterberg and Aguiar 2009), Russia ( Tobias 2000; Lelej 2012; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey ( Fischer and Beyarslan 2005a, 2012; Beyarslan and Fischer 2011, 2013; Yu et al. 2012), UK ( Marshall 1899; Broad et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Delia quadripila (Stein, 1916) on Honckenya peploides (L.), Pegomya betae (Curtis, 1847) , P. hyoscyami (Panzer, 1809) ( Diptera : Anthomyiidae ), P. solennis (Meigen, 1826) , P. set ar ia (Meigen, 1826) ( Diptera : Anthomyiidae ) ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012).