Therophilus tumidulus ( NEES VON ESENBECK 1812)

N. S, Ghahari, H., F, Bassus, E, Camptothlipsis, S, Coccygidium & F, Cremnops, 2013, An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Agathidinae and Brachistinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1873-1901 : 1885-1886

Therophilus tumidulus ( NEES VON ESENBECK 1812)

Microdus tumidulus NEES 1812: 189 ; Microdus annae ENDERLEIN 1908: 223; Microdus tumidulus var. ruficoxis FAHRINGER 1937: 509 ; Microdus aino WATANABE 1937: 92; Microdus bicolor SHESTAKOV 1940: 15; Microdus victoris TELENGA 1955: 288; Agathis shestakovi SHENEFELT 1970: 355 ; Microdus anuphrievi TOBIAS 1986: 288.

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: Golestan ( GHAHARI et al. 2011a), Kermanshah (GHAHARI & FISCHER 2012), Lorestan ( GHAHARI et al. 2012b), Mazandaran ( GHAHARI et al. 2010a).

D i s t r i b u t i o n o u t s i d e I r a n:Thisspecieswasreportedtobewidespread in most regions of Europe and temperate Asia ( SHARKEY 1996). Also, widely distributed in the western Palaearctic region ( SIMBOLOTTI & VAN ACHTERBERG 1992 as Bassus tumidulus (NEES)) : Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland (YU et al. 2012), France, Ireland, Italy, UK, former Yugoslavia ( NIXON 1986 as Microdus tumidulus; YU et al. 2012), Europe, Siberia ( SZÉPLIGETI 1904 as Microdus tumidulus; YU et al. 2012), Far East ( TELENGA 1955, TOBIAS 1986 as Microdus victoris TELENGA), Georgia, Ukraine ( IVANOV 1899 as Eumicrodus intermedius; YU et al. 2012), Germany ( ENDERLEIN 1908 as Microdus annae; NIXON 1986 as Microdus tumidulus; YU et al. 2012), Greece ( NIXON 1986 as Microdus tumidulus; PAPP 2003 as Bassus tumidulus (NEES) ; YU et al. 2012), Japan (WATANABE 1937 as Microdus aino; SHARKEY 1996 as Bassus tumidulus ; YU et al. 2012), Kazakhstan ( TELENGA 1955 as Microdus victoris TELENGA; TOBIAS 1986 as Microdus victoris TELENGA; YU et al. 2012), Mongolia ( PAPP 2009b as Bassus tumidulus (NEES) ; YU et al. 2012), Russia ( IVANOV 1899 as Eumicrodus intermedius; SZÉPLIGETI 1904 as Microdus intermedius; SHESTAKOV 1940 as Microdus bicolor; TELENGA 1955 as Microdus victoris TELENGA; TOBIAS 1986 as Microdus anuphrievi; YU et al. 2012), Serbia (ŽIKI et al. 2010 as Bassus tumidulus ), Sweden ( SZÉPLIGETI 1904 as Microdus tegularis; YU et al. 2012), Turkey ( BEYARSLAN et al. 2006, ÇETIN ERDO AN 2013 as Bassus tumidulus ; YU et al. 2012).

H o s t r e c o r d: Parasitoid of Dichrorhampha acuminatana (LIENIG & ZELLER) ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ) ( NIXON 1986), Procheuusa inopdla ZELLER ( Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae ), Lobesia botrana DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER , Gypsonoma minutana HÜBNER, Grapholitha compositella FABRICIUS , G. pallifrontana ZELLER, G. dilineana WALKER, Sparganothis pilleriana DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER , Rhopobota ustomaculana CURTIS ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ), Agonopterix atomella DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER ( Lepidoptera : Oecophoridae ), Mompha epilobiella DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER ( Lepidoptera : Momphidae ) ( TOBIAS 1995; YU et al. 2012), Choristoneura funiferana CLEMENS, Cydia compositella (FABRICIUS) , C. delineana WALKER , C. pallifrontana LIENIG & ZELLER , C. splendana HÜBNER, C. tenebrosiana DUPONCHEL, Epiblema cirsiana ZELLER , E. scutulana DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER, Lathronymphala strigana FABRICIUS, Lobesia euphorbianus (FREYER) ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ), Utetheisa jacobaeae (LINNAEUS) (YU et al. 2012). According to SIMBOLOTTI & VAN ACHTERBERG (1992), Tortricidae : Cydia tenebrosana (DUPONCHE) on Rosa, Dichrorhampha acuminatana (LIENEG & ZELLER) on Chrysanthenum leucanthemum LINNAEUS, Epiblema scutellana (DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER) on Cirsium, E. cirsiana (ZELLER) on Centurea nigra LINNAEUS , and Lathronympha strigata (FABRICIUS) on Hypericum.