An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Gadallah, Neveen S.
Ghahari, Hassan
Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier
Fischer, Maximilian
Zootaxa
2015
3974
1
1
28
F9ZV
Nees, 1811
Nees
1811
[151,526,295,322]
Insecta
Braconidae
Aphaereta
Animalia
Hymenoptera
3
4
Arthropoda
species
minuta
Distribution in Iran.Isfahan (Ghahari et al.2011c as Asobara minuta; Khajeh et al.2014), Tehran (Khajeh et al.2014). Distribution outside Iran.Widely distributed and frequent to common in the Palaearctic region ( Papp 2007a), and almost all of Europe ( Fischer 1973a). Austria, Azores, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Juan Fernandez Islands, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerlandand Uzbekistan( Yu et al.2012), Greece( Papp 2007aas Asobora minuta; Yu et al.2012), Korea(2007b; Yu et al.2012), Madeira Islands (van Achterberg and Aguiar 2009; Yu et al.2012), Russia( Lelej 2012; Yu et al.2012), Serbia( Žikić et al.2000; Yu et al.2012), Spain( Docavo et al 1985, Tormos 1987; Yu et al.2012), United Kingdom( Broad et al.2012; Yu et al.2012). Host records.This species is reported as a polyphagous gregarious larval-pupal parasitoid of fly species of different size ranges from small Drosophilidaeto large Calliphoridae, whose larvae feed on ephemeral food sources such as decaying plant and animal material ( Sychevskaya 1964; Vet and van Alphen 1985; Vet et al.1993). Recorded as a parasitoid of Lucilia sericataand Calliphora vicinaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1830( Diptera: Calliphoridae) ( Evans 1933; Fischer 1973a). In Iran, it has been reared from the pupa of Diptera, ex snails (Khajeh et al.2014). In Spain, it has also been reported as a parasitoid of Lucilia sericata( Docavo et al.1985; Tormos 1987). Lelej (2012)reported the following dipteran genera as hosts to this species: Scatophaga(Scatophagidae), Calliphoraand Lucilia(Calliphoridae), Bercaea, Parasarcophaga, Pterellaand Ravinia(Sarcophagidae), Delia, Pegohylemyiaand Peregle( Anthomyiidae), Ceratitis(Tephretidae), Hebecnema(Muscidae), Psila(Psilidae), Orygma(Sepsidae), Phytomyza(Agromyzidae)and Eumerus(Syrphidae).