Townesilitus bicolor ( Wesmael, 1835 )

Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan & Achterberg, Kees Van, 2016, An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Euphorinae, Gnamptodontinae, Helconinae, Hormiinae and Rhysipolinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4072 (1), pp. 1-38 : 21

Townesilitus bicolor ( Wesmael, 1835)

Distribution in Iran. Golestan (Samin et al. 2015 as Perilitus (Townesilitus) bicolor (Wesmael)) , Guilan ( Farahani et al. 2013b; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015), Isfahan (Ghahari et al. 2011a; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015), Mazandaran ( Farahani et al. 2013b, 2014; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015), Semnan ( Samin et al. 2011).

Distribution outside Iran. One of the most common braconid species in the Holarctic region (Papp 2011– 2012). Albania, Serbia ( Žikić et al. 2000; Yu et al. 2012 as Perilitus (Townesilitus) bicolor ), Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, former Yugoslavia ( Yu et al. 2012 as Perilitus (Townesilitus) bicolor ), Belgium ( Wesmael 1835 as Microctonus bicolor ; Yu et al. 2012 as Perilitus (Townesilitus) bicolor ), Canada ( Wylie 1988; Sharanowski et al. 2014), Croatia ( Papp 2010; Yu et al. 2012 as Perilitus (Townesilitus) bicolor ), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012 as Perilitus (Townesilitus) bicolor ; Koldaş et al. 2013), Greece ( Papp 2007; Yu et al. 2012 as Perilitus (Townesilitus) bicolor ), Hungary ( Szépligeti 1896 as Townesilitus bicolor ; Györfi 1959; Papp 2006, 2008; Yu et al. 2012 as Perilitus (Townesilitus) bicolor ), Turkey ( Yilmaz et al. 2010), UK ( Broad and Shaw 2009; Yu et al. 2012 as Perilitus (Townesilitus) bicolor ).

Host records. Aphthona euphorbiae (Schrank) , A. violacea (Koch) , Chaetocnema aridula (Gyllenhal) , C. hortensis Geoffray , Longitarsus ballotae (Marsham) , Phartora vitellinae (Linnaeus) , P. at r a (Fabricius), P. cruciferae (Goeze) , P. diademata Foudras , P. nemorum (Linnaeus) , P. striolata (Fabricius) , P. undulata (Kutschera) , P. vittula Redtenbacher , Phylliodes attenuata (Koch) ( Coleoptera : Chrysomeloidea), Dendrolimus pini (Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera : Lasiocampidae ) ( Yu et al. 2012). In Israel, it is reported from Coniocleonus excoriatus (Gyllenhal) ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ) (Papp 2011–2012).