117 Pediobius pyrgo (Walker)

Material examined. 11 ♀, 3 ♂, Israel, Tel Aviv, ex puparium of Tachinidae on Orgia dubia, 11.ix.1963 (Y. Kugler); 3 ♀, 1 ♂, Tel Aviv, ex puparium of Tachinidae on Orgyia dubia Tauscher, 26.ix.1963 (Y. Kugler); 4 ♀, 5 ♂, Botanical garden, Tel Aviv, M.T., ix.2010 (Z. Yefremova, V. Kravchenko); 5 ♀, 9 ♂, Botanical garden, Tel Aviv, M.T., 1.xi.2010 (Z. Yefremova, V. Kravchenko); 7 ♀, 11 ♂, Botanical garden, Tel Aviv, M.T., 24.ix -1.xi.2010 (Z. Yefremova, V. Kravchenko); 1 ♂, Ma’agan Mikha’el, M.T., 29.ii.2008 (W. Kuslitzky); 1 ♂, Botanical garden, Tel Aviv, M.T., i.2011 (Z. Yefremova, V. Kravchenko); 1 ♂, Dead Sea, ‘Enot Zuqim, National Reserve, sweeping, 28.iii.2012 (Z. Yefremova); 1 ♀, Botanical garden, Tel Aviv, M.T., viii.2011 (Z. Yefremova, V. Kravchenko); 1 ♀, Arava, Hazeva, Field school, M.T., 2.v.2012 (Yefremova, Kravchenko); 1 ♂, 20 km N from Be’er Sheva’, sweeping, 2.iii.2013 (Z. Yefremova).

Hosts. Endoparasitoid of Lymantria dispar L. ( Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae); Tachinidae (Diptera) (Bouček & Askew 1968).

Distribution. Israel *; Palearctic and Nearctic ecorealms (Kalina 1989; Vidal 2001; Boyadzhiev 2006; Yefremova et al. 2007).