Pseudovipio castrator (FABRICIUS, 1798)

Samin, N., Ghahari, H., N. S & Davidian, E., 2014, A study on the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from West Azarbaijan province, Northwestern Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1447-1478 : 1460

Pseudovipio castrator (FABRICIUS, 1798)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: West Azarbaijan province: Seroo (1616 m), 1, unknown date.

D i s t r i b u t i o n o u t s i d e I r a n: Palaearctic species ( FALCÓ et al. 1993). Caucasus, Central Asia, South and Central Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor ( TOBIAS 1986), Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia ( YU et al. 2012), France, Italy ( SZÉPLIGETI 1904 as Glyptomorpha castrator KOKUJEV ; YU et al. 2012), Hungary ( SZÉPLIGETI 1904 as Glyptomorpha castrator SZÉPLIGETI ; PAPP 1960 as G. castrator SZÉPLIGETI ; YU et al. 2012), Israel ( PAPP 1989, 2011-2012; YU et al. 2012), Kazakhstan, Mongolia ( TOBIAS 1986; YU et al. 2012), Russia ( SZÉPLIGETI 1904 as Glyptomorpha castrator SZÉPLIGETI ; YU et al. 2012), Serbia (BELOKOBYLSKIJ & ŽIKIĆ 2009; YU et al. 2012), Spain ( CEBALLOS 1956; DOCAVO 1964; FALCÓ et al. 1993; YU et al. 2012), Turkey (BEYARSLAN et al. 2005; YU et al. 2012), Greece (PAPP 2007).

H o s t r e c o r d s: It is principally parasitoid of Buprestidae , Cerambycidae and Curculionidae (PRIORE & TREMBLAY 1981) This species was reported as the parasitoid of Chrysobothris affinis FABRICIUS, Buprestis sp. ( Coleoptera : Buprestidae ) ( TOBIAS 1986; BEYARSLAN et al. 2005, STANKOVIĆ et al. 2010), Lixus junci BOHEMAN ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ), Gortyna xentheres GERMAR ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) ( TOBIAS 1986; BEYARSLAN et al. 2005), Plagionatus arcuatus L. ( Coleoptera : Cerambycidae ) ( TOBIAS 1986; BEYARSLAN et al. 2005).