Opius (Opiothorax) levis Wesmael 1835
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier
name: Fischer, Maximilian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Opius
Opius levis

description: Opius (Opiothorax) levis Wesmael, 1835
Distribution in Iran. Fars (Lashkari Bod et al. 2010, 2011, in alfalfa field), Isfahan (Ghahari et al. 2011b), Kermanshah (Ghahari and Fischer 2012), Sistan & Baluchestan (Khajeh et al. 2014).
Distribution outside Iran. Algeria (Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Austria (Fischer 1977b, 1980; Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Hellrigl 1997; Yu et al. 2012), Belgium (Wesmael 1835; Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Yu et al. 2012), Croatia, Macedonia (Papp 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Denmark, Sweden (Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Yu et al. 2012; Riedel and Hansen 2014), Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Uzbekistan (Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Yu et al. 2012), Finland (Fischer and Koponen 1999, 2000b, 2009; Fischer 2006; Yu et al. 2012; Riedel and Hansen 2014), Estonia (Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Fischer and Koponen 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Germany (Jiménez- Peydró 1983a; Belokobylskij et al. 2003; Yu et al. 2012), Greece (Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Fischer 1984, 2006; Papp 2007; Yu et al. 2012), Hungary (Szepligeti 1898 as Opius varipes; Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Papp 2008; Yu et al. 2012), Israel (Papp 1988-1989, 2011 -2012; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Italy (Fischer 1980; Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Yu et al. 2012), Korea (Fischer 1984; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Fischer 2006; Yu et al. 2012), Montenegro (Brajković et al. 2005; Yu et al. 2012; Žikić et al. 2013b), Norway (Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Riedel and Hansen 2014), Russia (Fischer 1984, 2006; Yu et al. 2012), Serbia (Yu et al. 2012; Žikić et al. 2013b), Spain (Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Avinent and Jiménez 1987; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), Turkey (Fischer 1997; Fischer and Beyarslan 2005b; Vardar and Beyarslan 2006; Yu et al. 2012; Beyarslan 2015), UK (Marshall 1899 as Opius apiculator; Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Broad et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2012).
Host records. It has been established as a parasite of several species of Agromyzidae (Fischer 1972; Fischer and Koponen 1999; Žikić et al. 2013b): Liriomyza congesta (Becker, 1903), L. flaveola (Fallen, 1823), L. strigata (Meigen, 1830), Phytomyza glechomae Kaltenbach, 1862 (Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012). According to Žikić et al. (2013b): Agromyza nana Meigen, 1830, Liriomyza congesta (Becker, 1903), L. flaveola (Fallen, 1823), L. strigata (Meigen, 1830), Phytomyza crassiseta Zetterstedt, 1860, Ph. glechomae Kaltenbach, 1862, Ph. scotina Hendel, 1920, Scaptomyza graminum (Fallen, 1823) (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Yu et al. (2012) reported Hydrellia griseola (Fallen, 1813), Scatomyza graminum (Fallen, 1823) (Diptera: Drosophilidae).
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Ghahari, Hassan, Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier & Fischer, Maximilian, 2016, Updated checklist of Iranian Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 4066 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/270518