Theocolax elegans (Westwood, 1874)

Hosts. Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) infesting Phaseolus vulgaris L., Cicer arietinum L., Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. (Singh et al. 1996) and Triticum sp. (Loosjes 1957); Callosobruchus quadrimaculatus (Fabricius) (Thompson 1958); Callosobruchus analis (Fabricius) infesting Phaseolus vulgaris L., Cicer arietinum L., and Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. (Singh et al. 1996); Callosobruchus chinensis (L.); Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius); Zabrotes subfasciatus (Boheman) .

Distribution. AFROTROPICAL: Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo. AUSTRALASIAN: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia). INDO-AUSTRALIAN: Guam, Indonesia (Java (* Bali)), Malaysia, United State of America (Hawaii). MALAGASY: Madagascar. NEARCTIC: Canada (British Columbia, Quebec), United States of America (California, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia). NEOTROPICAL: Argentina, Belize, Brazil (Sao Paulo), French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Uruguay. ORIENTAL: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Pakistan, Thailand. PALEARC- TIC: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Iran, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Netherlands, North Africa, Peoples’ Republic of China (Guangdong (Kwangtung), Hubei (Hupeh)), Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom.

Note. Asl et al. (2009) cited Callosobruchus sp. as host of T. elegans, but they did not reference who did the original report.