Opius (Ilicopius) pulchriceps Szepligeti, 1898

Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Rastegar et al. 2012), Guilan (Ghahari et al. 2012b as Opius pulchriventris).

Distribution outside Iran. Austria (Fischer 1963, 1997b, 1980 as Opius pulchriventris; Jiménez-Peydró 1983a as Opius pulchriventris; Avinent and Jiménez 1987 as Opius pulchriventris; Fischer and Koponen 1999 as Opius pulchriventris; Yu et al. 2012), England, France, Germany, former Czechoslovakia, Poland (Jiménez-Peydró 1983a as Opius pulchriventris; Avinent and Jiménez 1987 as Opius pulchriventris; Fischer and Koponen 1999 as Opius pulchriventris; Yu et al. 2012), Finland, Kazakhstan, Russia, Switzerland (Fischer and Koponen 1999 as Opius pulchriventris; Yu et al. 2012), Italy, Moldova (Yu et al. 2012), Korea (Papp 1981b as Opius affectus; Fischer 1984 as Opius pulchriventris; Fischer and Koponen 1999 as Opius pulchriventris; Yu et al. 2012), Spain (Jiménez-Peydró1983a as Opius pulchriventris; Yu et al. 2012), Switzerland (van Achterberg 2014b as Phaedrotoma pulchriceps), Turkey (Fischer and Beyarslan 2005b; Beyarslan and Fischer 2011, 2013 all as Opius pulchriventris; Yu et al. 2012; Beyarslan 2015 as Phaedrotoma pulchriventris).

Host records. Phytomyza horticola Goureau, 1851, Liriomyza strigata Meigen, 1830 (Avinent and Jiménez 1987; Yu et al. 2012). In Finlad, it is reported from several agromyzid species ( Diptera): Amauromyza verbasci (Bouché, 1847) on Verbascum thapsiforme Schrad, Phytomyza agromyzina Meigen, 1830, Phytoliriomyza hilarella (Zetterstedt, 1848) on Pteridium aquilinum (L.) (Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012).