Dacnusa (Pachysema) sibirica Telenga, 1935

Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan, Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier & Fischer, Maximilian, 2015, An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 3974 (1), pp. 1-28 : 21

Dacnusa (Pachysema) sibirica Telenga, 1935

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil ( Fathi 2011; Khajeh et al. 2014).

Distribution outside Iran. Widespread in Palaearctic and Oriental ( Shenefelt 1974; van Achterberg and Aguiar 2009). Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania and Netherlands ( Yu et al. 2012), Channel Islands and Germany ( Griffiths 1968), Denmark ( Griffiths 1967; Yu et al. 2012), Hungary ( Papp 2004a; Yu et al. 2012), Korea ( Papp 2013), Madeira Islands (van Achterberg and Aguiar 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Mongolia ( Papp 2004c; Yu et al. 2012), Poland and Sweden ( Griffiths 1967), Portugal (van Achterberg and Aguiar 2009), Russia (Tobias 1998; Lelej 2012), Siberia ( Telenga 1935), Spain ( Docavo and Tormos 1988; Francés and Jiménez 1989a; Docavo et al. 1992), United Kingdom ( Griffiths 1967; Broad et al. 2012).

Host records. unknown.

Comment. Used in the biocontrol of Liriomyza species in greenhouses (van Achterberg and Aguiar 2009). Griffiths (1967) reported this species as a parasitoid of Chromatomyia asteris (Hendel, 1934) on Aster tripolium L. in England; Phytomyza autumnalis Hering, 1957 from Denmark, P. plantaginis Robineau-Boisduval, 1951 from Sweden on Plantago major L., and P. ranunculi (Schrank, 1803) on Ranunculus sp. from Poland. Also, it has been reared from the larva of Liriomyza bryomiae (Kaltenbach, 1858) on tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. ) from Channel Islands; and on Cleome graveolens Raf. and Collinsia heterophylea Buist ex Graham in Germany ( Griffiths 1968) and Liriomyza sp. ( Francés and Jiménez 1989a). In Netherlands, D. sibirica has showed good results when released against the first and second generation larvae of the important tomato host Liriomyza bryoniae ( Hendrikse et al. 1980) . In Spain it has been recorded from Chromatomyia horticola ( Goureau, 1851) pupa on Phaseolus vulgaris L. and from Liriomyza bryoniae on Cucumis melo ( Docavo and Tormos 1988) . Croft and Copland (1994, 1995) recorded this species from Chromatomyia syngenesiae Hardy, 1849 ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ). Godfray (1994) recorded this species attacking a variety of species of leaf-mining agromyzid flies. From those hosts: Chromatomyia asteris (Hendel, 1934) , C. syngenesiae Hardy, 1849 , Liriomyza bryomiae , L. huidobrensis (Blanchard, 1926) , L. sonchi Hendel, 1931 , L. strigata (Meigen, 1830) , L. trifolii (Burgess in Comstock, 1880), Phytomyza autumnalis Hering, 1957 , P. plantagenis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851 , P. rapunculi Hendel, 1927 ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ), and as a hyperparasitoid of Diglyphus isaea (Walker, 1838) , Hemiptarsenus varicornis (Girault, 1913) ( Hymenoptera : Eulophidae ). Fathi (2011) showed this species as parasitoid of leafminer, Chromatomyia horticola ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ). Finally, in Russia it has been reported to attack Phytomyza sp. ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ) ( Lelej 2012).