Biosteres spinaciae ( Thomson, 1895 )

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 : 5-6

Biosteres spinaciae ( Thomson, 1895)

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

Distribution outside Iran. Austria, former Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Poland, Sweden ( Fischer 1963 as Opius spinaciae ; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands ( Yu et al. 2012), Canada ( Viereck 1925 as Opius hyoscyamiellus ; Fischer 1965, 1977a, 1983b; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012; Sharanowski et al. 2014), England ( Godfray 1988; Broad et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2012), Finland, Russia ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Germany ( Fischer 1963 as Opius spinaciae ; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Belokobylskij et al. 2003; Yu et al. 2012), Mongolia ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Papp 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Norway ( Riedel and Hansen 2014), Spain ( Jiménez-Peydró and Peris-Felipo 2014), Turkey ( Bremer 1950; Fischer 1997; Fischer and Beyarslan 2005a, 2012; Beyarslan and Fischer 2011- 2012, 2013; Yu et al. 2012), USA ( Gahan 1917 as Opius pegomyiae ; Fischer 1963 as Opius spinaciae ; Fischer 1983a; Fischer and Koponen 1999).

Host records. Pegomya betae (Curtis, 1847) , P. hyoscyami (Panzer, 1809) ( Diptera : Anthomyidae) ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Capinera 2001; Yu et al. 2012), P. solennis (Meigen, 1826) ( Diptera : Anthomyiidae ) ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), P. atriplicis Goureau, 1851 , Delia platura (Meigen, 1826) ( Diptera : Anthomyiidae ) ( Yu et al. 2012).