Synopeas inerme Thomson, 1859

Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein & Buhl, Peter Neerup, 2021, Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran, European Journal of Taxonomy 750, pp. 29-51 : 44-45

Synopeas inerme Thomson, 1859

Material examined

IRAN – East Azarbaijan Province • 21 ♀♀; Khosroshah ; 37°58′ N, 46°02′ E; 1357 m a.s.l.; 14 Jun. 2008, Aug. 2008, May 2009, Aug. 2009, 25 Dec. 2009; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; pan trap; HMIM • 1 ♀; Marand, Yam ; 38°48′ N, 45°77′ E; 1810 m a.s.l.; 7 Jul. 2009; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM • 1 ♀; Tasuj ; 38°19′ N, 45°21′ E; 1500 m a.s.l.; 23 May 2015; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM . – West Azarbaijan Province • 3 ♀♀; Urmia University Campus ; 37°39′ N, 44°58′ E; 1335 m a.s.l. ;

11 Oct. 2016; M. Asadi leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM. – Fars Province • 1 ♀; Dasht-e Arzhan; 51°58′ N, 29°38′ E; 2020 m a.s.l.; 30 May 2015; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Berlese funnels; HMIM.

Distribution

Ireland ( Buhl & O’Connor 2010); England ( Buhl & Notton 2009); Fennoscandia and Denmark ( Buhl 1999); Iran (new record).

Host

Parasitoids of the gall midge Contarinia medicaginis Kieffer, 1890 ( Diptera : Cecidomyiidae ) on lucerne ( Vlug 1995; O’Connor & Buhl 2016).