Synopeas rhanis Walker, 1836

Material examined

IRAN • 1 ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Maragheh; 37°22′ N, 46°32′ E; 1887 m a.s.l.; Oct. 2010; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM .

Distribution

England, Ireland (Buhl & Notton 2009); Latvian (Buhl 2016); Korea (Buhl & Choi 2006); Iran (new record).

Host

A parasitoid of the gall midges (Dipera: Cecidomyiidae) Dasineura ulmaria (Bremi, 1847) on Meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim. and D. urticae (Perris, 1840) on nettles Urtica dioica L. and U. urens L. (Vlug 1995).