Pimpla rufipes Brulle, 1846

Karami, Amene, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Gilasian, Ebrahim, Fathipour, Yaghoub & Mehrabadi, Mohammad, 2023, Native parasitoids of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae), an invasive alien pest in northern Iran, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 9 (1), pp. 81-101 : 85

Pimpla rufipes Brulle, 1846 ( Fig. 2D)

For taxonomical and morphological characters of this species see Choi et al. (2016) and Varga (2017).

Material examined. Iran, Guilan province, Rezvanshahr, Paresar, Sandian , (37°57′22.70″ N, 49°12′82.95″ E), 02.ix.2019, 1♂; on pupae of Hyphantria cunea , leg. A. Karami.

Distribution in Iran. East Azerbaijan ( Kolarov & Ghahari, 2006; Masnadi-Yazdinejad & Jussila, 2008), Fars ( Masnadi-Yazdinejad & Jussila, 2008), Golestan ( Kolarov & Ghahari, 2006), Guilan ( Mohammadi-Khoramabadi et al., 2013; current study), Kerman ( Mohammadi-Khoramabadi et al., 2014), Mazandaran ( Kolarov & Ghahari, 2006), Tehran ( Masnadi-Yazdinejad & Jussila, 2008; Mohammadi-Khoramabadi et al., 2013; Ghahari & Gadallah, 2017) and West Azerbaijan ( Masnadi-Yazdinejad & Jussila, 2008; Karimpour, 2018).

General distribution. Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaizan, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Ukraine, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, former Yugoslavia ( Atanassov, 1978; Coulson et al., 1986; Horstmann, 2001; Çoruh & Özbek, 2008; Masnadi-Yazdinejad & Jussila, 2008; Sullivan et al., 2010; Özbek & Coruh, 2012; Çoruh et al., 2014; Di Giovanni et al., 2015; Choi et al., 2016; Yu et al., 2016; Piekarska-Boniecka et al., 2018) ( Fig. 4D).

Hosts. Lepidoptera : Hyphantria cunea (Drury,1773) , Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758) , L. monacha (Linnaeus, 1758) , Arctia caja (Linnaeus, 1758) , Orgyia trigotephras Boisduval, 1829 , Calliteara fascelina (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Erebidae ); Malacosoma castrensis (Linnaeus, 1758) , M. franconica (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) , M. neustria (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Lasiocampidae ); Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus, 1758) , Archips rosana (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Tortricidae ); Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) , P. rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) , P. napi (Linnaeus, 1758) , Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785) , ( Pieridae ); Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758 ( Papilionidae ); Lacanobia oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758) , Acronicta rumicis (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Noctuidae ); Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767) , Eurodryas aurinia Rottemburg, 1775 , Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Nymphalidae ); Lycaena dispar (Haworth, 1802) , Polyommatus bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775) ( Lycaenidae ); Coleoptera : Lixus iridis Olivier, 1807 ( Curculionidae ) ( Atanassov, 1978; Okyar & Yurtcan, 2007; Çoruh & Özbek, 2008; Masnadi-Yazdinejad & Jussila, 2008; Shaw et al., 2009; Stefanescu et al., 2009; Sullivan et al., 2010; Mohammadi-Khoramabadi et al., 2013; Yu et al., 2016; Karimpour, 2018; Mifsud et al., 2019).