Opius (Apodesmia) aethiops Haliday, 1837

Distribution in Iran. Ardabil (Rastegar et al. 2012), Guilan (Ghahari et al. 2012b).

Distribution outside Iran. Austria (Fischer 1980; Yu et al. 2012), Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Spain, Slovakia, Sweden, Uzbekistan (Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010 as Phaedrotoma aethiops; Yu et al. 2012), Finland (Fischer 1984 as Opius aethiops; Fischer and Koponen 2000, 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Germany (Belokobylskij et al. 2003; Yu et al. 2012), Hungary (Papp 2006 as Apodesmia aethiops; Yu et al. 2012), Israel (Fischer 1997 as Apodesmia aethiops; Papp 2011-2012 as Apodesmia aethiops; Yu et al. 2012), Italy (Fischer 1984 as Opius aethiops; Yu et al. 2012), Serbia (Žikić et al. 2013b as Phaedrotoma aethiops), Turkey (Fischer and Beyarslan 2012; Beyarslan and Fischer 2011, 2013; Yu et al. 2012), UK (Marshall 1899; Broad et al. 2012 as Phaedrotoma aethiops; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Pediaspis aceris (Gmelin, 1790) ( Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) (Yu et al. 2012), Cerodontha denticornis (Panzer, 1806), Chromatomyia milii (Kaltenbach, 1864) ( Diptera: Agromyzidae) (Yu et al. 2012; Žikić et al. 2013b).