Mesostenus transfuga Gravenhorst, 1829

Heydari, Maryam Zardouei, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Mokhtari, Azizollah & Schwarz, Martin, 2021, Additions to the knowledge of the fauna of the tribe Cryptini Kirby, 1837 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) of Iran, Zootaxa 5005 (4), pp. 569-586 : 577-578

Mesostenus transfuga Gravenhorst, 1829

Mesostenus transfuga Gravenhorst, 1829

Material examined: 1♀, IRAN, South Khorasan Province, Mohammadieh (32°52′40′′N, 59°01′17′′E, 1419 m), Malaise trap, 12– 26.05.2015 ; 1♀, IRAN, Khorasan-e Razavi Province, Torghabeh (36°35′48′′N, 59°12′58′′E, 1297 m), Malaise trap, 12– 26.06.2015 ; 4♀♀, same collecting data, swept on weeds, 15.09.2016; 1♀, IRAN, South Kho- rasan Province, Ark (33°01′06′′N, 58°41′18′′E, 1605 m), Malaise trap, 01– 15.07.2015 ; 2♀♀, same collecting data, 01– 15.08.2015; 1♀, IRAN, South Khorasan Province, Giuk, Mazar (32°47′45″N, 59°07′25″E, 1917 m), Malaise trap, 06– 20.08.2016, leg.: B. Motamedinia ; 1♀, IRAN, Isfahan Province, Najaf Abad (32°39′00′′N, 51°23′18′′E, 1635 m), Malaise trap in orchard, 16– 30.11.2015 ; 1♀, same collecting data, Malaise trap situated in orchard, 08– 22.07.2015, leg.: E. Nader; 1♀, IRAN, Sistan-o Baluchestan Province, Zabol (31°07′15″N, 61°30′12″E, 482 m), Malaise trap, 06– 20.04.2016, leg.: H. A. Derafshan ; 1♀, IRAN, Kermanshah Province, Bayangan, Sepidab (34°58′36′′N, 46°15′25′′E, 1131 m), Malaise trap situated in orchard, 10– 24.08.2016 ; 1♀, IRAN, Kermanshah Province, Sarpol Zahab (34°28′23′′N, 45°49′10′′E, 508 m), Malaise trap situated in orchard, 01– 25.06.2015, leg.: M. Zardouei Heydari ; 1♀, IRAN, Kerman Province, Bam (29°07′55″N, 58°17′09″E, 1132 m), swept, 14.04.2013, leg.: M. Vafaei.

Distribution in Iran: Kerman ( Mahyabadi et al. 2017, current study), Isfahan ( Barahoei et al. 2015; current study), Khorasan-e Razavi ( Barahoei et al. 2014, current study), Qazvin ( Ghahari & Schwarz 2012), West Azerbaijan ( Mohammadi-Khoramabadi et al. 2020a), Sistan-o Baluchestan, Kermanshah and South Khorasan Provinces.

General distribution: Oceanic (Azores), Palaearctic ( Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom) ( Yu et al. 2016).