Opius (Agnopius) similis Szepligeti, 1898

Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan, Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier & Fischer, Maximilian, 2016, Updated checklist of Iranian Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Zootaxa 4066 (1), pp. 1-40 : 22-23

Opius (Agnopius) similis Szepligeti, 1898

Distribution in Iran. Golestan (Sakenin et al. 2012), Lorestan ( Ghahari et al. 2012a).

Distribution outside Iran. Austria ( Fischer 1963, 1974, 1977b, 1980; Fischer 1980 as Opius altimontanus ; Hellrigl 1997 as Opius altimontanus and as O. similis ; Yu et al. 2012), Bulgaria, Croatia, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine ( Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010 as Apodesmai similis ; Yu et al. 2012), Estonia, Finland ( Fischer and Koponen 2000a, 2009; Yu et al. 2012), France ( Marshall 1900 as Opius xylostei ; Yu et al. 2012), Germany ( Belokobylskij et al. 2003; Yu et al. 2012), Greece ( Papp 1990, 2003; Yu et al. 2012), Hungary ( Fischer 1963; Papp 2006; Yu et al. 2012), Montenegro ( Žikić et al. 2013b as Apodesmia similis ), Poland, former Yugoslavia ( Fischer 1963; Yu et al. 2012), Sweden ( Fischer 1957 as Opius similiformis ; Fischer 1963; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey ( Fischer 1958a, 1972, 1997; Fischer and Beyarslan 2005a; Beyarslan and Fischer 2011, 2013; Fischer and Beyarslan 2011; Yu et al. 2012; Beyarslan 2015), UK ( Broad et al. 2012 as Apodesmia similis ; Yu et al. 2012).

Host records. Agromyza anthracina Meigen, 1830 , A. potentillae (Kaltenbach, 1864) , A. pulla Meigen, 1830 , Amauromyza gyrans (Fallen, 1823) , A. labiatarum (Hendel, 1920) , Aulagromyza buhri (de Meijere, 1938), Calycomyza solidaginis (Kaltenbach, 1869) , Cerodontha bimaculata (Meigen, 1830) , C. caricicola (Hering, 1926) , C. chaixiana Hering, 1956 , C. morose (Meigen, 1830) , C. silvatica (Groschke, 1957) , Chromatomyia aprilina (Goureau, 1851) , Ch. lonicerae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851) , Ch. milii (Kaltenbach, 1864) , Ch. periclymeni (de Meijere, 1924), Ch. syngenesiae Hardy, 1849 , Galiomyza violiphaga (Hendel, 1932) , Liriomyza amoena (Meigen, 1830) , L. centaureae Hering, 1927 , L. cyclaminis Suss, 1987 , L. flaveola (Fallen, 1823) , L. pascuum (Meigen, 1838) , Ophiomyia maura (Meigen, 1838) , Phytomyza affinis Fallen, 1823 , Ph. alpina Groscke, 1957 , Ph. angelicae Kaltenbach, 1872 , Ph. astrantiae Hendel, 1924 , Ph. bellidina Hering, 1934 , Ph. campanulae Hendel, 1920 , Ph. lappina Goureau, 1851 , Ph. marginella Fallen, 1823 , Ph. myosotica Nowakowski, 1959 , Ph. obscura Hendel, 1920 , Ph. obscurella Fallen, 1823 , Ph. sedicola Hering, 1924 , Ph. senecionis Kaltenbach, 1869 , Ph. solidaginis Hendel, 1920 , Ph. tussilaginis Hendel, 1925 ( Diptera : Agromyzidae ) ( Yu et al. 2012; Žikić et al. 2013b).