Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank, 1802)

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 : 5

Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank, 1802)

Distribution in Iran. Alborz, Guilan, Qazvin ( Farahani et al. 2013b; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015), Hamadan ( Tavoosi Ajvad et al. 2014), Hormozgan ( Ameri et al. 2014), Isfahan ( Bagheri 1998 as Perilitus coccinellae ; Samin 2015), Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2010a; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015).

Distribution outside Iran. Cosmopolitan ( Parrott 1953 as Perilitus coccinellae ; Chen and van Achterberg 1997). Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Chile, Cyprus, Egypt, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Syria, USA, Uruguay, Vietnam, former Yugoslavia ( Yu et al. 2012), Australia ( Parrott 1953 as Perilitus coccinellae ; Yu et al. 2012), Belgium ( Wesmael 1835 as Microctonus terminatus ; Yu et al. 2012), Brazil ( Silva et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2012), Canada ( Strickland 1946; Yu et al. 2012; Sharanowski et al. 2014), China (Chen and van Achterberg 1997; Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Denmark (van Achterberg 2006), Hawaii ( Balduf 1926 as Perilitus coccinellae ; Beardslay 1961 as Perilitus coccinellae ; Chen and van Achterberg 1997), Hungary ( Papp 2006, 2008; Yu et al. 2012), Madeira (van Achterberg and Aguiar 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Mexico ( González-Hernández 2004), Russia ( Tobias 1971; Yu et al. 2012), New Zealand ( Balduf 1926 as Perilitus coccinellae ; Chen and van Achterberg 1997; Yu et al. 2012), Serbia ( Žikić et al. 2000; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey ( Koldaş et al. 2007, 2013; Yilmaz et al. 2010; Güçlü and Özbek 2011; Yu et al. 2012), UK ( Broad and Shaw 2009; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Koinobiont endoparasitoid of adult Coccinellidae able to re-parasitize its host beetle (van Achterberg 2006). It is one of the best understood parasitoids of coccinellids ( Riddick et al. 2009). It was reported as parasitoid of the following species: Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ), Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus) , A. decimpunctata (Linnaeus) , A. deficiens Mulsant , Anatis labiculata (Say) , A. ocellata Linnaeus , Brachiacantha ursina (Hatch) , Coccinella spp., Coelophora biplagiata , C. inaequalis (Fabricius) , Coleomegilla maculata DeGeer , Cycloneda munda (Say) , C. sanguinea (Linnaeus) , Eriopis connexa Germar , Exochomus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus) , Halyzia quatoordecimguttata Balduf , Harmonia spp., Hippodamia spp., Illeis cincta (Fabricius) , Macronaemia hauseri (Weise) , Menochilus sexmaculatus Fabricius , Micraspis discolor (Fabricius) , Myzia oblogoguttata (Linnaeus) , Olla v-nigrum Mulsant , Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus) , Subcoccinella vigintiduopunctata (Linnaeus) , Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata (Linnaeus) ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ), Gelis areator (Panzer) ( Hymenoptera : Ichneumonidae ), Conura spp., Dibrachys microgastri (Bouché) ( Hymenoptera : Pteromalidae ) ( Yu et al. 2012). Tobias (1971) reported a number of coccinellids ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ) as hosts to this species: Coccinella quinquepunctata Linnaeus , C. trifasciata Linnaeus , C. septempunctata (Linnaeus) , Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) , Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus) , Hippodamia amoena (Faldermann) , Brumus octosignatus (Gebler) . Adult parasitoid of Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ) ( Beardsley 1961; Bagheri 1998), and Hippodamia variegata (Goeze) ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ) ( Tobias 1971; Tavoosi Ajvad et al. 2014). It was also reared from Coelophora inaequalis (Fabricius) ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ) in Hawaii ( Beardsley 1961). In Australia, it was reported from Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville , H. quinquesignata (Kirby) , Coccinella californica (Mannerheim) , Coleomegilla maculata De Geer , Cycloneda sanguinea (Linnaeus) , C. trifasciata juliana Mulsant ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ) ( Parrott 1953). In Brazil, it has been reported in association with coccinellid species Coleomegilla maculata De Geer , Eriopis connexa (Germar) and Olla v-nigrum (Mulsant) ( Silva et al. 2012) . Gravena (1978) and Santos & Pinto (1981) have reported this species as a larval, pupal and adult parasitoid from Cycloneda sanguinea (Linnaeus) ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ), and also on Curculionidae ( Hodek 1973) . In China it has been reported from Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus (Chen and van Achterberg 1997).