An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Author Gadallah, Neveen S. Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier Author Fischer, Maximilian text Zootaxa 2015 3974 1 1 28 journal article 36654 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.1.1 8245fd85-0b0b-4875-afac-494d452aba27 1175-5326 288961 85B2BDDC-70E1-492C-BD02-D515C5D7BCC4 Aphaereta minuta (Nees, 1811) 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 , Switzerland and Uzbekistan ( Yu et al. 2012 ), Greece ( Papp 2007a as 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 Drosophilidae to 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 sericata and Calliphora vicina Robineau-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) , Calliphora and Lucilia (Calliphoridae) , Bercaea , Parasarcophaga , Pterella and Ravinia (Sarcophagidae) , Delia , Pegohylemyia and Peregle ( Anthomyiidae ), Ceratitis (Tephretidae) , Hebecnema (Muscidae) , Psila (Psilidae) , Orygma (Sepsidae) , Phytomyza (Agromyzidae) and Eumerus (Syrphidae) .