Opius (Opius) lugens Haliday, 1837

Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan, Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier & Fischer, Maximilian, 2016, Updated checklist of Iranian Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4066 (1), pp. 1-40 : 15

Opius (Opius) lugens Haliday, 1837

Distribution in Iran. Kermanshah (Ghahari and Fischer 2012).

Distribution outside Iran. Algeria, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, France, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland ( Yu et al. 2012), Austria ( Fischer 1980; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Croatia ( Papp 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Denmark, Germany, Israel, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Estonia, Finland ( Fischer and Koponen 1999, 2000, 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Greece ( Papp 1990; Yu et al. 2012), Mongolia ( Papp 1990, 2009; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Tobias 2001; Yu et al. 2012), Montenegro ( Brajković et al. 2005; Žikić et al. 2013b), Russia (Szepligeti in Mocsary and Szepligeti 1901 as Opius obscurus ; Papp 1990; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Tobias 2001; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey ( Beyarslan and Inanç 1992; Fischer and Beyarslan 2005b, 2012; Vardar and Beyarslan 2006; Beyarslan and Fischer 2011, 2013; Yu et al. 2012), UK ( Marshall 1899; Fischer 1960 as Opius adveniens ; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Broad et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. This species is found to parasitize the larvae of the families Agromyzidae and Cecidomyidae (Diptera) ( Fischer 1972). Diptera (Agromyzidae) : Liriomyza congesta (Becker, 1903) on Vicia faba L., L. pusilla (Meigen, 1830) on Hieracium pilosella L., Ophiomyza sp. on Medicago sativa L., Phytomyza atricornis Meigen, 1838 on Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg ; Cecidomyidae : Asphondylia verbasci (Vallot, 1827) ( Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012). According to Žikić et al. (2013b): Chromatomyia syngenesiae Hardy, 1849 , Liriomyza congesta (Becker, 1903) , L. pusilla (Meigen, 1830) , L. trifolii (Burgess, 1880) , Ophiomyia sp., Phytomyza thyme Hering, 1928 ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ); Asphondylia verbasci (Vallot, 1827) ( Diptera : Cecidomyiidae ); Ensina sonchi (L., 1767) ( Diptera : Tephritidae ).