Bracon (Glabrobracon) variator NEES, 1811

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 : 1459

Bracon (Glabrobracon) variator NEES, 1811

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: West Azarbaijan province: Siah-Cheshmeh (1807 m), 1, May 2007. West Azarbaijan province: Myandoab (1339 m), 2, June 2007.

D i s t r i b u t i o n o u t s i d e I r a n: China, Crimea, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Middle Asia, Mongolia, Romania, Russia, Siberia, Slovakia, the Netherlands, former Yugoslavia ( YU et al. 2012), Austria, Sweden (FAHRINGER 1927 as B. sueciensis FAHRINGER ; YU et al. 2012), Belgium (WESMAEL 1838; SZÉPLIGETI 1904; YU et al. 2012), Croatia, Macedonia ( PAPP 2009b), Cyprus ( TELENGA 1936 as B. meridionalis ), Germany, Hungary ( SZÉPLIGETI 1904; YU et al. 2012), Greece (PAPP 2003, 2007; LOZAN 2004), Poland ( FAHRINGER 1928 as B. rytrensis ; YU et al. 2012), Serbia ( ŽIKIĆ et al. 2012), Spain ( MEDINA 1895; MARTINEZ & SAEZ 1874; DOCAVO 1964; FALCÓ et al. 1987, 1993; YU et al. 2012), Switzerland ( YU et al. 2012), Turkey (GÜLER & ÇAĞATAY 2001; BEYARSLAN et al. 2005; YU et al. 2012), UK ( SZÉPLIGETI 1904; BROAD & SHAW 2009; YU et al. 2012), Scotland, England, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Bohemia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Algeria, Tunisia, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, Europen Russia, Turkmenistan, Mongolia, Korea (PAPP 2012).

H o s t r e c o r d s: This species was reported as the parasitoid of a large number of insect hosts of the families Anobiidae , Bruchidae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera) , Anthomyidae, Cecidomyidae , Tephritidae (Diptera) , Cynipidae and Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera) , Coleophoridae , Gelechiidae , Lycaenidae , Nymphalidae , Geometridae , Gracillariidae , Phycitidae , Pieridae , Sesiidae and Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) ( FALCÓ et al. 1993): Platyedra subcineria HAWORTH, Pexicopia malvella HÜBNER, Mesophleps corsicellus HERRICH- SCHÄFFER ( Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae ), Hadena bicruris HUFNAGEL ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ), Lithocolletis mespilella HÜBNER ( Lepidoptera : Gracillariidae ), Aegeria andrenaeformis LASPEYRES ( Lepidoptera : Sesiidae ), Coleophora medelichennis KRONE, C. coronillae ZELLER ( Lepidoptera : Coleophoridae ), Grapholitha funebrana TREITSCHKE, G. Dorsana FABRICIUS, Barbara herrichiana OBRAZTSOV, Pandenus cerasana HÜBNER, Petrova resinella LATREILLE, Laspeyresia strobilella LATREILLE, Eucosoma cana HAWORTH ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ), Etiella zinckenella TREITSCHKE, Dioryctia abietella DENIS & SCHIFFERMÜLLER, Myelois cribrella HÜBNER ( Lepidoptera : Phycitidae ), Ernobius nigrinus STURM ( Coleoptera : Anobiidae ), Larinus turbinatus GYLLENHAL, L. Jaceae FABRICIUS, Pissodes validirostrus GYLLENHAL, Baris cuprirostris FABRICIUS , B. laticollis MARSY, B. chlorisans GERMAR, Magdalis rufa GERMAR, Gynetron tetrum LATREILLE, G. asellus GRAVENHORST , Miarus campanulae LATREILLE , Sitona longulus GYLLENHAL , Ceutorhynchus punctiger GYLLENHAL ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ), Bruchus laticollis BOHEMAN, B. lentis FRÖLICH, Bruchidae ), Pegohylemyia seneciella (MEADE) ( Diptera : Anthomyiidae ), Noeeta pupillata (FALLÉN) , Chaetostomella cylindrica ROBINEAU- DESVOIDY, Tephritis leontodontis De GEER , Sphenella marginata (FALLÉN) ( Diptera : Tephretidae ), Hoplocampa brevis KLUG ( Hymenoptera : Tenthretinidae) (BEYARSLAN et al. 2005).