Pseudovipio castrator (Fabricius, 1896)

Ichneumon castrator Fabricius, 1798 . 1–572.

Pseudovipio castrator: Tobias, 1986 . 85–149.

Synonyms: Bracon constantinensis (Strand, 1910); Ichneumon cuniculator (Rossi,1792) .

Hosts: Coleoptera, Buprestidae: Chrysobothris affinis (Fabricius, 1794); Curculionidae: Lixus juncii Boheman, 1835; Cerambycidae: Plagionotus arcuatus (Linné, 1758) . Lepidoptera, Amphipyrinae: Gortyna xanthenes Germar 1844 [ Cynara scolymus].

Distribution in Turkey: Amanos Mountains (Fahringer, 1922); Kayseri (Fahringer, 1926); Adana, Adiyaman, Antalya, Erzurum, Icel, Kirklareli, Tekirdag (Beyarslan, 1991); Bursa, Edirne, Erzurum, Kirklareli, Tekirdag (Beyarslan & Inanc, 1994); Adana, Adiyaman, Antalya, Bursa, Canakkale, Edirne, Erzurum, Icel, Kirklareli, Tekirdag (Beyarslan, 1999); Imbros, Tenedos (Beyarslan et al. 2002b); Kastamonu, Sinop, Zonguldak (Beyarslan et al. 2005); Tokat (Beyarslan et al. 2008a); Erzurum (Guclu & Ozbek, 2011); Ankara, Erzincan, Eskisehir, Isparta, Konya, Malatya, Sivas, Tokat (Beyarslan & Cetin Erdogan, 2012); Mardin, Şanlıurfa (Beyaraslan et al. 2014).

Distribution: Palaearctic and Ethiopian.