Evania appendigaster (Linnaeus, 1758)

Evania appendigaster (Linnaeus, 1758): Samin & Farzaneh 2016: 48 ( West Azarbaijan (Shahin-Dej)). Host in Iran. Unknown.

Distribution in Iran. West Azarbaijan (Samin & Farzaneh 2016).

General distribution. This synanthropic species is known from all zoogeographical regions and occurs in the warmer parts of the Palaearctic region, mainly in cities or in heated buildings in temperate regions. Comments. Evania appendigaster is is an efficient parasitoid of synanthropic cockroaches ( Blattodea: Blattidae), e.g. Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) . For general biology, see Cameron (1957).