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).