Peristenus pallipes (Curtis, 1833)

Distribution in Iran. Guilan, Mazandaran (Farahani et al. 2013b; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015), Iran (no specific locality) (Khanjani 2004).

Distribution outside Iran. One of the most frequently collected euphorine species in the Holarctic region (Papp 2003a). Albania (Fahringer 1924; Yu et al. 2012 as Leiophron (Peristenus) pallipes), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Hercegovenia, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia (Yu et al. 2012 as Leiophron (Peristenus) pallipes), Belgium (Wesmael 1835; Yu et al. 2012 as Leiophron (Peristenus) pallipes), Canada (Strickland 1946; Muesebeck 1936 as Euphorus pallipes; Loan 1980; Yu et al. 2012 as Leiophron (Peristenus) pallipes; Sharanowski et al. 2014), China, Taiwan (Chen and van Achterberg 1997), Croatia (Graeffe 1908; Yu et al. 2012 as Leiophron (Peristenus) pallipes), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012 as Leiophron (Peristenus) pallipes), Hungary (Szépligeti 1896; Györfi 1959; Papp 2006, 2008; Yu et al. 2012), Greece (Papp 2003a; Yu et al. 2012), Macedonia, Serbia (Papp 2010; Yu et al. 2012 as Leiophron (Peristenus) pallipes), Mexico (González-Hernández 2004), Poland (Bilewicz-Pawińska 1977, 1982; Yu et al. 2012 as Leiophron (Peristenus) pallipes), Russia (Tobias 1971 as Euphorus pallipes; Yu et al. 2012 as Leiophron (Peristenus) pallipes), Serbia (Žikić et al. 2000), Turkey (Koldaş et al. 2007, 2013; Yilmaz et al. 2010; Güçlü and Özbek 2011; Yu et al. 2012 as Leiophron (Peristenus) pallipes), UK (Marshall 1885 as Euphorus tuberculifer; Marshall 1887 as Euphorus pallipes and as E. tuberculifer; Brindley 1939 as Euphorus pallipes; Broad and Shaw 2009; Yu et al. 2012 as Leiophron (Peristenus) pallipes), USA (Muesebeck 1936 as Euphorus pallipes; Yu et al. 2012 as Leiophron (Peristenus) pallipes).

Host records. A large number of hosts have been reported from Miridae (Hemiptera): Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze) (Khanjani 2004; Yu et al. 2012), A. rapidus (Say), Capsus ater (Linnaeus), Closterotomus norvegicus (Gmelin), Labops hirtus Knight, Leptoptema dolabrata (Linnaeus), Lygus spp., Notostira erratica (Linnaeus), Plagignathus medicagus Arrand, Trigonotylus coelestialium (Kirkaldy) . Other records are from Timarcha tenebricosa (Fabricius) ( Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (Yu et al. 2012). It has also been reported as a parasitoid of Lygus lineolarisi (Palisot de Beauvois) ( Hemiptera: Miridae) (Bilewicz-Pawińska, 1977, 1982; Lim 1974). In Canada, this species has been reported as parasitoid of a number of plant bugs ( Hemiptera: Miridae): Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze), A. rapidus (Say), Leptopterna dolobrata (Linnaeus), Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois), Caspus ater (Linnaeus) (Loan 1980) . It has been reported from Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze), Leptopterna dolobrata (Linnaeus), Trigonotylus coelestialium (Kirkaldy) (Bilewicz-Pawińska 1977, 1982), Closterotomus norvegicus (Gmelin) (Brindley 1939) in the UK. The following mirid species ( Hemiptera: Miridae) has been also reported: Leptopterna dolobrata (Linnaeus) (Brindley 1939; Loan 1965; Bilewicz-Pawińska 1982), Stenotus binotatus (Fabricius), Orthotylus virescens (Douglas & Scott) (Waloff 1967), Notostira erratica (Linnaeus) (Bilewicz-Pawińska 1982), Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze) (Bilewicz-Pawińska 1977, 1982).