Opius (Pendopius) pendulus 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 : 19-20

Opius (Pendopius) pendulus Haliday, 1837

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan ( Ameri et al. 2014), Isfahan (Ghahari et al. 2011), Lorestan ( Ghahari et al. 2012a), Semnan (Naderian et al. 2012), Sistan & Baluchestan ( Khajeh et al. 2014).

Distribution outside Iran. Austria ( Fischer 1963, 1980; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Avinent and Jiménez 1987; Hellrigl 1997; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland ( Yu et al. 2012), Canada ( Fischer and Koponen 1999), Croatia ( Papp 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Estonia ( Fischer and Koponen 1999, 2009; Koponen 2009 as Opius latipes ; Yu et al. 2012), Finland ( Fischer and Koponen 1999, 2000b, 2009; Fischer and Koponen 2000b, 2009 as Opius latipes ), Greece, Russia ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), France ( Fischer 1963; Avinent and Jiménez 1987; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Germany ( Fischer 1963; Avinent and Jiménez 1987; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Belokobylskij et al. 2003), Hungary ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Papp 2006, 2008; Yu et al. 2012), Italy ( Fischer 1980; Yu et al. 2012), Spain ( Avinent and Jiménez 1987; Yu et al. 2012), Serbia ( Yu et al. 2012; Žikić et al. 2013b), Sweden ( Thomson 1895; Fischer 1963; Avinent and Jiménez 1987; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), UK ( Marshall 1899; Fischer 1963; Avinent and Jiménez 1987; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Broad et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey ( Fischer 1958a, 1972; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Fischer and Beyarslan 2005b; Beyarslan and Fischer 2011, 2013; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Liriomyza spp., Phytomyza spp. ( Avinent and Jiménez 1987). In Finland, it is reported from Agromyzidae (Diptera) : Liriomyza congesta (Becker, 1903) on Vicia sepium L., Phytomyza evanescens Hendel, 1920 on Ranunculus lanuginosus L., Ph. nigritula Zetterstedt, 1838 on Ranunculus acris L. and R. bulbosus L. ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012).