Rhaconotus aciculatus RUTHE, 1854

Samin, N., Ghahari, H., N. S & Davidian, E., 2014, A study on the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from West Azarbaijan province, Northwestern Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1447-1478 : 1462

Rhaconotus aciculatus RUTHE, 1854

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: West Azarbaijan province: Takab (1822 m), 1, 1, September 2006.

D i s t r i b u t i o n o u t s i d e I r a n: Israel (PAPP 1988, 2011-2012), Serbia ( ŽIKIĆ et al. 2000; BELOKOBYLSKIJ & ŽIKIĆ 2009), Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Western Europe, Pacific Coastal region, Israel, Mongolia ( TOBIAS 1995), England (SHAW 1998; BROAD & SHAW 2009), Spain (FALCÓ & JIMÉNEZ 1988), Spain ( DOCAVO 1960 as R. cerdai ), Kazakhstan ( TOBIAS 1964 as R. major ), Mongolia ( PAPP 2009a), Azerbaijan, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Tajikistan, Ukraine, UK, Uzbekistan, Serbia ( YU et al. 2012).

H o s t r e c o r d s: This species was recorded as a parasitoid of Bruchus sp. ( Coleoptera : Bruchidae ) in Israel (LUCAS 1965), Agrilus viridis (LINNAEUS) , Anthaxia igockii OBENBERGER ( Coleoptera : Buprestidae ), Caryedon serratus (OLIVIER) ( Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae ), Lixux lukjanovitschi ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ) ( YU et al. 2012).