Diospilus nigricornis ( Wesmael, 1835 )

Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan & Achterberg, Kees Van, 2016, An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Euphorinae, Gnamptodontinae, Helconinae, Hormiinae and Rhysipolinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4072 (1), pp. 1-38 : 24

Diospilus nigricornis ( Wesmael, 1835)

Distribution in Iran. Khuzestan ( Ghahari et al. 2010b).

Distribution outside Iran. Distributed in the western Palaearctic region ( Papp 2003b). Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia ( Yu et al. 2012), Belgium ( Wesmael 1835, 1838 as Taphaeus affinis ; Yu et al. 2012), Greece, Italy, Slovenia ( Papp 2003b; Yu et al. 2012), Korea ( Papp 2003b; Yu et al. 2012), UK ( Broad and Shaw 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey ( Yu et al. 2012; Beyarslan and Çoban 2014).

Host records. Pogonocherus hispidus (Linnaeus) , Xestobium plumbeum (Illiger) ( Coleoptera : Anobiidae ), Byctiscus populi (Linnaeus) ( Coleoptera : Attelabidae ), Ceutorhynchus pleurostigma (Stephens) , C. sulcicollis (Paykull) , Curculio crux Fabricius , Rhynchaenus salicis (Linnaeus) ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ), Pontania proxima (Lepeletier) , P. vesicator (Bremi) ( Hymenoptera : Tenthredinidae ) ( Yu et al. 2012; Beyarslan and Çoban 2014).