Lyptopylus rufipes ( 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 : 1884-1885

Lyptopylus rufipes ( NEES VON ESENBECK 1812)

Microdus rufipes NEES 1812: 189 ; Braunsia germanica ENDERLEIN 1904: 436; Bassus diversus MUESEBECK 1933: 48 ; Microdus amurensis SHESTAKOV 1940.

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: EastAzarbaijan(RANJBAR AGHDAM & FATHIPOUR 2010 as Bassus rufipes ( NEES 1812)) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n o u t s i d e I r a n: Widely distributed in the Palaearctic region from Sweden to Turkey in Europe, and west to Japan in Asia. Introduced into

Argentina and USA: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK (YU et al. 2012), Germany ( ENDERLEIN 1904 as Braunsia germanica; YU et al. 2012), Japan ( SHARKEY 1996; YU et al. 2012), Russia (SHESTAKOVA 1940 as Microdus amurensis; SHARKEY 1996; YU et al. 2012), USA ( MUESEBECK 1933 as Bassus diversus ; YU et al. 2012).

H o s t r e c o r d: Parasitoid of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (LINNAEUS) ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ) (RANJBAR AGHDAM & FATHIPOUR 2010 as Bassus rufipes ). SHARKEY (1996) reported the following hosts that belong to the order Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae : Gelechia nigra (HAWORTH) ; Coleophoridae : Coleophora gryphipennella (HÜBNER) ; Pieridae : Gonepteryx rhamni (LINNAEUS) ; Pyralidae : Acrobasis consociella (HÜBNER) ; Tortricidae : Apotomis capreana (HÜBNER) , A. semifasciana (HAWORTH) , Cacoecimorpha pronubana (HÜBNER) , Cydia pomonella (LINNAEUS) , Grapholitha molesta (BUSCK) , Gypsonoma dealbana (FRÖLICH) , G. oppressana (TREITSCHKE) , G. sociana (HAWORTH) , Hedya dimioalba (RETZIUS), H. nubiferana (HAWORTH) , Rhyacionia buotiana (DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER), Tortrix viridana LINNAEUS ; Yponomeutidae :? Yponomeuta malinellus ZELLER.