Opius (Opius) caricivorae Fischer, 1964

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 : 10

Opius (Opius) caricivorae Fischer, 1964 b

Distribution in Iran. Sistan & Baluchestan ( Khajeh et al. 2014).

Distribution outside Iran. Afghanistan, Slovakia ( Yu et al. 2012), Austria ( Fischer 1980; Hellrigl 1997; Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Estonia (Fischer and Koponen 2000, 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Finland, Greece, Korea, Russia ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), France ( Papp 1982a), Germany ( Fischer 1964; Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Hungary ( Papp 1979b, 2006; Yu et al. 2012), Italy ( Papp 1982a; Yu et al. 2012), Poland ( Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Spain ( Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey ( Papp 1982a; Fischer and Beyarslan 2005b, 2012; Beyarslan and Fischer 2011, 2013; Yu et al. 2012), Ukraine ( Papp 1982a; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Agromyza nigrescens Hendel, 1920 , Cerodontha angulata (Loew, 1869) , C. caricicola (Hering, 1926) , C. eucaricis Nowakowski, 1967 , Phytomyza lappae Goureau, 1851 ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ), Scaptomyza flava (Fallen, 1823) ( Diptera : Drosophilidae ) ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012). In China, it is reported as an important parasitoid controlling Liriomyza sativae Blanchard, 1938 ( Yu et al. 2012) . Yu et al. (2012) also reported: Cerodontha caricivora (Groschke, 1954) , Chromatomyia horticola (Goureau, 1851) , Liriomyza chinensis (Kato, 1949) , Napomyza salviae Hering, 1924 , Phytomyza lappina Goureau, 1851 , Ph. spinaciae Hendel, 1928 ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ), Scatomyza flava (Fallen, 1823) ( Diptera : Drosophilidae ).