Dipara Walker, 1833

László, Zoltán, Kelemen, Tünde-Ilona & Japoshvili, George, 2022, Pteromalidae Of Lagodekhi Protected Areas With The Description Of A New Psilocera Species From Sakartvelo (Georgia), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68 (1), pp. 53-72 : 58

Genus Dipara Walker, 1833

Dipara petiolata Walker, 1833 **

Material: GEORGIA – 1 f, Kakheti region, Lagodekhi , 41.855848°N 46.292739°E, alt. 847 m, 2 Apr. 2014 – 7 Nov. 2014, Japoshvili G. leg., H2, deposited in MZBBU ; 1 f, Kakheti region, Lagodekhi , 41.882783°N 46.321886°E, alt. 1841 m, 15–27 Sep. 2014, Japoshvili G. leg., H4, deposited in IEAUG .

Biology: no host records until now, but probably parasitic of Curculionidae on plant roots, based on data from India ( BOUČEK & RASPLUS 1991).

Distribution: widely distributed in Europe, with records from Middle East and the United States ( NOYES 2019). Not recorded from the Caucasus or Georgia until now.