Biosteres (Chilotrichia) rusticus (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 : 5

Biosteres (Chilotrichia) rusticus (Haliday, 1837)

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

Distribution outside Iran. Austria ( Fischer 1963, 1974, 1980 as Opius rusticus ; Hellrigl 1997; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, USA ( Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Switzerland ( Fischer 1963 as Opius rusticus ; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Germany ( Fischer 1963 as Opius rusticus ; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Belokobylskij et al. 2003; Yu et al. 2012), Italy ( Fischer 1980; Yu et al. 2012), Russia ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Tobias 2000; Lelej 2012; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey ( Fischer and Beyarslan 2005a; Beyarslan and Fischer 2011, 2013; Yu et al. 2012), UK ( Marshall 1899; Fischer 1963 as Opius rusticus ; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Broad et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Delia echinata (Séuguy, 1923) on Dianthus barbarous L., Pegomya sp., Phorbia sp. on Cerastium holosteoides Fries ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012).