Bracon luteator Spinola, 1808

pourhaji, Alireza, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Kasebi, Naser, Gharali, babak & Ameri, Ali, 2022, Associated Bracon Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with flower-heads of Asteraceae in Iran, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (1), pp. 35-47 : 38

Bracon luteator Spinola, 1808

Material examined: Iran, East-Azarbaijan, Arasbaran (38°51′42″N, 46°52′45″E, 1696 m a.s.l.), 7.ix.2014,1 ♀, ex Cirsium spectabile ; Ivand (38°21′20″N, 46°07′21″E, 1692 m a.s.l.), 1.viii.2014, 1♀, ex Echinops sp. ; Kalaybar (38°53′28″N, 46°48′47″E, 1900 m a.s.l.), 7.ix.2013, 1♀, ex Cirsium ciliatum , infested with Xyphosia mililaria (Schrank, 1781) ; Arshad chamani (37°45′04″N, 46°18′51″E, 2847 m a.s.l.), 27.vii.2014, 1♂, ex Onopordum sp. , infested with Tephritis postica (Loew, 1844) ; Kohol (38°26′01″N, 46°10′22″E, 2282 m a.s.l.), 5.viii.2014, 1♀, ex Onopordum acanthium , infested with T. postica ; Kalaybar (38°53′28″ N, 46°48′47″ E, 1900 m a.s.l.), 7.ix.2013, 1♀, ex Cirsium vulgare , infested with Terellia serratula (L., 1758); East-Azarbaijan, Kalaybar (38°53′28″N, 46°48′47″E, 1900 m a.s.l.), 7.ix.2013, 1♀, ex Arctium lappa , infested with Tephritomiya lauta (Loew, 1969) ; West-Azarbaijan, Evougli (38°44′01″N, 45°14′41″E, 971 m a.s.l.), 4.vii.2014,1 ♂, ex Centaurea iberica , infested with Urophora sp. ; leg.: A. R. Pourhaji.

Distribution in Iran: Reported from East-Azarbaijan, Chaharmahal-e Bakhtiari, Ilam ( Lotfalizadeh & Gharali, 2014) and Khuzestan ( Zargar et al., 2020).

General distribution: Palaearctic.