Diospilus capito (Nees, 1834)

Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan & Achterberg, Kees Van, 2016, An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Euphorinae, Gnamptodontinae, Helconinae, Hormiinae and Rhysipolinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4072 (1), pp. 1-38 : 24

Diospilus capito (Nees, 1834)

Material examined. Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari province, Koohrang, 32°25′N 50°00′E, 2♀, August 2011. New record for Iran.

Distribution outside Iran. Widely distributed and common in the Palaearctic region. Austria, Belgium, former Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Uzbekistan ( Yu et al. 2012), Greece ( Papp 2007; Yu et al. 2012), Mongolia ( Papp 2009b), Serbia ( Žikić et al. 2000), Turkey ( Beyarslan et al. 2008, 2013; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Anthaxia aurulenta Fabricius (Coleopter: Buprestidae ), Xylopertha retusa Olivier ( Coleoptera : Bostrichidae ), Callidium aeneum (DeGeer) , C. violaceum (Linnaeus) , Clytus arietis (Linnaeus) , C. tropicus (Panzer) , Exocentrus punctipennis Mulsant & Guillibeau , Leiopus nebulosus (Linnaeus) , Obrium cantharinum Linnaeus , Oplosia fennica Paykull , Phymatodes testaceus (Linnaeus) , Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus) , Saperda punctata (Linnaeus) , Xylotrechus rusticus (Linnaeus) , X. arvicola (Olivier) ( Coleoptera : Cerambycidae ) ( Yu et al. 2012).