Allurus muricatus (Haliday, 1833)

Distribution in Iran. Qazvin (Farahani et al. 2013b; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015).

Distribution outside Iran. Frequent to common in the western Palaearctic region (Papp 2003a). Belgium (Wesmael 1835 as Leiophron armatus), Greece (Papp 1990a, 2003a, 2007), Israel (Papp 2011–2012), Macedonia (Papp 2010), Serbia (Žikić et al. 2000), Turkey (Yilmaz et al. 2010; Güçlü and Özbek 2011; Koldaş et al. 2013), Russia, Italy (Tobias 1986), Scotland, Ireland (Broad and Shaw 2009).

Host records. In Turkey has been reported from Sitona hispidula (Fabricius), S. humeralis Stephens, S. regensteinensis Herbst, S. sulcifrons (Thunberg) (Coloeptera: Curculionidae) (Koldaş et al. 2007; Güçlü and Özbek 2011), Stigmella aceris (Frey), S. obliquella (Heinemann), S. torminalis (Wood) ( Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) (Koldaş et al. 2007). It was also reported from Sitona humeralis Stephens ( Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (Tobias 1986).