Hormius similis (SZÉPLIGETI, 1896)

Samin, N., Ghahari, H., N. S & Davidian, E., 2014, A study on the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from West Azarbaijan province, Northwestern Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1447-1478 : 1463

Hormius similis (SZÉPLIGETI, 1896)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: West Azarbaijan province: no locality cited, 2, July 2006. West Azarbaijan province: Salmas (1311 m), 1, October 2007. West Azarbaijan province: Makoo (1637 m), 3, unknown date.

D i s t r i b u t i o n o u t s i d e I r a n: All Palearctic region, Taiwan (BELOKOBYLSKIJ 1995), Hungary ( PAPP 2008), Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Eastern Siberia, Far East, Western Europe ( TOBIAS 1995), Korea (PAPP 2003), Croatia, Greece (PAPP 2007 as H. moniliatus var. similis ). According to YU et al. (2012): Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Macedonia, Mongolia, Russia, former Yugoslavia.

H o s t r e c o r d s: Parasitoid of lepidopterans Pexicopia malvella HÜBNER (Gelechiide) , Scythris inspersella HÜBNER (Scythrididae) , Pyrausta aurata SCOPOLI, Microstega hyalinalis HÜBNER, Loxostege nudalis HÜBNER (Pyraustidae), Coleophora trifariella ZELLER (Cleophoridae) , Archips crataegana HÜBNER (Tortricidae) ( TOBIAS 1995).