Meteorus rufus ( DeGeer, 1778 )

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 : 14

Meteorus rufus ( DeGeer, 1778)

Material examined. Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari province, Koohrang, 32°25′N 50°00′E, 2♀, 1♂, August 2011. New record for Iran.

Distribution outside Iran. Austria, Azores, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK, former Yugoslavia ( Stigenberg and Ronquist 2011; Yu et al. 2012; Stigenberg 2013), Sweden ( DeGeer 1778 as Ichneumon rufus ), Turkey ( Yilmaz et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012; Koldaş et al. 2013).

Host records. Abraxas pantaria (Linnaeus) , Thera cembrae (Kitt) ( Lepidoptera : Geometridae ), Colias croceus (Geoffroy) ( Lepidoptera : Pieridae ), Choristoneura murinana (Hübner) ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ), Scirpophaga incertulas Walker ( Lepidoptera : Crambidae ), Zygaena filipendulae (Linnaeus) , Z. lonicerae (Scheven) ( Lepidoptera : Zygaenidae ), Agrochola lota Clerck , A. lychnidis (Denis & Schiffermüller) , Cucullia argentea (Hufnagel) , Leucania loryei (Duponchel) , Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus) , Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus) , L. monacha (Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera ; Lymantridae ), Orthosia cruda (Denis & Schiffermüller) , Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) , S. littoralis (Boisduval) ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) ( Yu et al. 2012).