Microctonus aethiops Nees von Esenbeck, 1834

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Microctonus aethiops Nees von Esenbeck, 1834

Material examined: Province of Semnan: Shahrud, Jangal-e Abr , 35°30′N 55°30′E, 1311 m, (1 ♀), September 2011 .

Distribution outside Iran: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, UK, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan ( Yu et al. 2012).

Host records: Phyllotreta nemorum (Linnaeus, 1758) , P. vittula (Redtenbacher, 1849) ( Coleoptera : Chrysomeloidea), Hypera brunneipennis (Boheman, 1834) , H. melas (Fabricius, 1792) , H. nigrirostris (Fabricius, 1775) , H. postica (Gyllenhal, 1813) , H. rumicis (Linnaeus, 1758) , H. variabilis (Herbst, 1795) , Irenimus aemulator Broun, 1893 , I. aequalis Broun, 1895 , I. duplex (Broun, 1904) , I. egens (Broun, 1904) , I. stolidus Broun, 1886 , Listronus bonariensis Kuschel, 1955 , Nicaeana cervinus Boheman, 1840 , Prosayleus sp. , Rhinocyllus conicus Frolich, 1792 , Sitona bicolor (Fahraeus, 1840) , S. crinita (Herbst, 1795) , S. cylindricollis (Fahraeus, 1840) ( Yu et al. 2012) , and Coniocleonus excoriatus (Gyllenhal, 1834) ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ) ( Papp 2011 -2012). Tobias (1971) reported the following species as hosts to this species: Sitona sp. , Phytonomus meles (Fabricius, 1792) , and Brachyderes incanus (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ).