Wesmaelia petiolata (Wollaston, 1858)

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 : 9

Wesmaelia petiolata (Wollaston, 1858)

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan ( Ameri et al. 2014), Iran (no specific locality) ( Belokobylskij 1992; Fallahzadeh and Saghaei 2010; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015).

Distribution outside Iran. Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Azores, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Madeira Islands, Moldova, Peru, Poland, Russia, USA, Ukraine, Uzbekistan ( Yu et al. 2012), Hungary ( Papp 2006; Yu et al. 2012), Portugal ( Santos et al. 2008), Turkey ( Yilmaz et al. 2010; Güçlü and Özbek 2011; Koldaş et al. 2013), UK ( Marshall 1887 as Wesmaelia cremasta ; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Nabis alternatus Parshley , N. americoferus Carayon , N. capsiformis Germar ( Hemiptera : Nabidae ) ( Yu et al. 2012).