Microctonus stelleri Loan, 1972

Distribution in Iran. Golestan (Samin et al. 2015 as Perilitus (Microctonus) stelleri Loan, 1972), Guilan (Farahani et al. 2013b; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015), Isfahan (Ghahari et al. 2010b; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015).

Distribution outside Iran. Distributed sporadically in the Palearctic region (Belokobylskij 2000). Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Lithuania, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey (Koldaş et al. 2007; Yilmaz et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012 as Perilitus stelleri), Hungary, Russia (Papp 2011–2012; Yu et al. 2012 as Perilitus stelleri), Israel (Papp 2011–2012), Mongolia (Papp 1967 as Microctonus aethiops, 2005; Yu et al. 2012 as Perilitus stelleri).

Host records. Hypera nigrirostris (Fabricius), H. postica (Gyllenhal), H. variabilis Herbst ( Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (Yu et al. 2012).