Opius pygmaeator (Nees, 1811)

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 : 21

Opius pygmaeator (Nees, 1811)

Material examined. 2♀, Iran, East Azarbaijan province, Ahar, 38°30′N 47°08′E, April 2011 (new record).

Distribution outside Iran. Austria ( Fischer 1963, 1980; Hellrigl 1997; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Belgium ( Wesmael 1835; Fischer 1963; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Bulgaria, Hungary ( Fischer 1963; Yu et al. 2012), France, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland ( Yu et al. 2012), Croatia, Macedonia ( Papp 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic ( Fischer 1963; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Estonia ( Fischer and Koponen 2000b, 2009 as Opius meracus ), Denmark ( Yu et al. 2012; van Achterberg 2014a), Finland ( Fischer 1989 as Opius meracus ; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012; van Achterberg 2014a), Georgia ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Germany ( Fischer 1957 as Opius ruminans ; Fischer 1963; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Belokobylskij et al. 2003; Yu et al. 2012), Italy ( Fischer 1963, 1980; Fischer 1989 as Opius meracus ; Yu et al. 2012), Montenegro ( Yu et al. 2012; Žikić et al. 2013b), Norway ( Riedel and Hansen 2014; van Achterberg 2014a), Russia ( Fischer 1963; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Sweden ( Thomson 1895; Fischer 1963; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012; van Achterberg 2014a), Turkey ( Çivelek et al. 2002; Yu et al. 2012; Beyarslan and Fischer 2013; Beyarslan 2015), UK ( Marshall 1899; Fischer 1963; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Broad et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Liriomyza congesta (Becker, 1903) , L. huidobrensis (Blanchard, 1926) ; Phytomyza cineracea Hendel, 1920 , Ph. evanescens Hendel, 1920 ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ); Chaetostomella cylindrica (Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830) ( Diptera : Tephritidae ) ( Yu et al. 2012; Žikić et al. 2013b).