118. Pediobius saulius (Walker)

Material examined. 2 ♀, 2 ♂, Tel Aviv, ex Apanteles (Braconidae), 15.x.1963 (Y. Kugler); 1 ♀, Israel, Nahal Teqoa, 31°38’N; 35°14’E, sweeping, 31.iii.2009 (A. Freidberg); 1 ♀, Tel Aviv University, M.T., 19.vii.2007 (W. Kuslitzky); 3 ♀, 1 ♂, Botanical garden, Tel Aviv, M.T., 24.ix–1.xi.2010 (Z. Yefremova, V. Kravchenko), 1 ♀, Botanical garden, Tel Aviv, M.T., 17.vii.2011 (Z. Yefremova, V. Kravchenko); 1 ♀, Dead Sea, ‘Enot Zuqim, National Reserve, sweeping, 17.iii.2011 (Z. Yefremova); 1 ♀, Botanical garden, Tel Aviv, M.T., 17.vii.2011 (Z. Yefremova, V. Kravchenko); 1 ♀, Botanical garden, Tel Aviv, M.T., 17.viii.2011 (Z. Yefremova, V. Kravchenko). Hosts. Endoparasitoid of Orchestes sp., Rhamphus sp., Rhynchaenus sp. ( Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (Askew & Shaw 1974); Bucculatricidae (Tudor & Draghia 1978), Gelechiidae, Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) (Trjapitzin 1978).

Distribution. Israel (Bouček & Askew 1968); Palearctic (Bouček & Askew 1968; Bouček 1977, Tudor & Draghia 1978; Kalina 1989; Askew et al. 2013).