Opius pallipes 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 pallipes

description: Opius pallipes Wesmael, 1835
Distribution in Iran. Guilan (Ghahari et al. 2012b), Sistan & Baluchestan (Khajeh et al. 2014 as Opius exilis Haliday, 1837).
Distribution outside Iran. Austria (Fischer 1963, 1974, 1980 as Opius exilis and as Opius pallipes and as O. piceus; Hellrigl 1997 as Opius exilis, and as Opius piceus and as O. pallipes; Yu et al. 2012), Georgia, USA (Fischer and Koponen 1999 as Opius exilis; Yu et al. 2012), Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Uzbekistan (Yu et al. 2012), Canada (Fischer 1965; Fischer and Koponen 1999 as Opius exilis; Yu et al. 2012; Sharanowski et al. 2014), Caucasus, Mongolia (Fischer and Koponen 1999; Tobias 2000; Yu et al. 2012), China (Fischer 1963, 2004; Yu et al. 2012), Croatia (Papp 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Czech Republic (Lozan et al. 2010; Yu et al. 2012), Estonia (Fischer and Koponen 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Denmark, Sweden (Yu et al. 2012; van Achterberg 2014a), Finland (Fischer and Koponen 1999 as Opius exilis, 2000b, 2009; Yu et al. 2012; van Achterberg 2014a), Germany (Belokobylskij et al. 2003; Yu et al. 2012), Hungary (Papp 2006; Yu et al. 2012), Israel (Papp 2011-2012; Yu et al. 2012), Italy (Fischer 1963, 1980 as Opius exilis; Fischer and Koponen 1999 as Opius exilis; Yu et al. 2012), Kazakhstan, Russia (Fischer 1963; Fischer and Koponen 1999 as Opius exilis; Tobias 2000; Yu et al. 2012), Korea (Papp 1981b as Opius extusus; Papp 1982b as Opius cisromensis; Fischer 1984 as Opius piceus; Fischer and Koponen 1999 as Opius exilis; Tobias 2000; Yu et al. 2012), Mongolia (Fischer 1989; Papp 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Montenegro (Brajković et al. 2005; Yu et al. 2012; Žikić et al. 2013b), Norway (Riedel and Hansen 2014; van Achterberg 2014a), Serbia (Papp 2010 as Opius exilis; Yu et al. 2012; Žikić et al. 2013b), Spain (Jiménez-Peydró 1983a; Avinent and Jiménez-Peydró 1987; Yu et al. 2012), Sweden (Thomson 1895 as Opius liopleuris), Turkey (Fischer and Beyarslan 2005b as Opius exilis; Vardar and Beyarslan 2006; Yu et al. 2012; Beyarslan and Fischer 2013 as Opius exilis; Beyarslan 2015), UK (Marshall 1872 as Hypolabis pallidipes; Marshall 1899 as Opius exilis and as Opius pallidipes; Broad et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2012), Ukraine (Fischer and Koponen 1999; Yu et al. 2012), former Yugoslavia (Fischer 1960, 1963; Papp 1973; Brajković et al. 1997).
Host records. Phytomyza horticola (Goureau, 1851) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) (Docavo et al. 1987), Cacoecia rosana L., 1758 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (Brajković et al. 2005), it is also reported as a parasite of Liriomyza congesta (Becker, 1903) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) (Brajković et al. 2005). In Finland it is reported from Agromyza pusio Meigen, 1830 and Ophiomyia maura (Meigen, 1838) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on Tragopogon pretensis L. and Lathyrus torreyi A. Gray respectively, Scatomyza graminum (Fallen, 1823) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) on Anthyllis vulneraria L. (Fischer and Koponen 1999 as Opius exilis). Fischer and Koponen (1999) also reported: Agromyzidae (Diptera): Agromyza nigrescens Hendel, 1920, A. spiraea Hering, 1954 on Filipendula vulgaris Moench, Cerodontha angulata (Loew, 1869) or C. morose Meigen, 1830 on Carex hirta L., Amauromyza labiatarum (Hendel, 1920), Am. verbasci (Bouché, 1847), Liriomyza amarellae Hering, 1963 on Gentiana germanica E.F. Warb, L. bryoniae (Kaltenbach, 1858) on Populus berolinensis Dippel, L. centaureae Hering, 1927, L. eupatoriana Spencer, 1954, L. sp. on Hyoscyamus niger L. and Senecio nemorensifiischii L., L. strigata (Meigen, 1830) on Hypochoeris aetnensis Benth. & Hook; L. taraxaci Hering, 1927, L. wachtli Hendel, 1920, Paphytomyza tremulae (Hering, 1957), Ph. fallaciosa Briscke, 1881, Ph. ferulae Hering, 1927 on Bunium creticum Mill., Ph. kyffhusana Hering, 1928, Ph. leucanthemi Hering, 1935 on Leucanthemum maximum (Ramond), Ph. pullula Zetterstedt, 1848, Ph. obscura Hendel, 1920 on Peucedanum oreoselinum (L.), Ph. ranunculi (Schrank, 1803) on Ranunculus acris L.; Ph. sphondylii Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851, Ph. tanaceti Hendel, 1923, Ph. thysselini Hendel, 1923 on Peucedanum palustre (L.), Paraphytomyza hendeliana (Hering, 1926), Phytomyza periclymenii de Meijere, 1924. Anthomyiidae: Anthomyia sp., Delia echirintn Séguy, Pegomya bicolor (Wiedemann, 1817), P. nigritarsis (Zettersedt, 1838). Drosophilidae: Scatophaga apicalis Curtis, 1835 on Amaranthus blitum L., Scatomyza graminum (Fallen, 1838) on Anthyllis vulneraria L. Tephritidae: Philophylla caesio (Harris, 1780), Euleia heraclei (L., 1758), Vidalia spinifrons (Schroeder, 1913) (Fischer and Koponen 1999). In China, it is reported from Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard, 1926) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) (Fischer 2004). In Israel, it is reported from Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess, 1903) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton (Papp 2011-2012). Žikić et al. (2013b) reported the following hosts: Agromyza nigrescens Hendel, 1920, A. potentillae (Kaltenbach, 1864); Amauromyza labiatarum (Hendel, 1920), Amauromyza verbasci (Bouché, 1847), Aulagromyza hendeliana (Hering, 1926), A. tremulae (Hering, 1957), Cerodontha angulata (Loew, 1869), Chromatomyia horticola (Goureau, 1851), Ch. periclymeni (de Meijere, 1924), Liriomyza amarellae Hering, 1963, L. bryoniae (Kaltenbach, 1858); L. centaureae Hering, 1927, L. eupatoriana Spencer, 1954, L. huidobrensis (Blanchard, 1926), L. pusio (Meigen, 1830), L. strigata (Meigen, 1830), L. taraxaci Hering, 1927, L. wachtli Hendel, 1920, Ophiomyia maura (Meigen, 1838), Phytomyza angelicae Kaltenbach, 1872, Ph. fallaciosa Brischke, 1880, Ph. ferulae Hering, 1927, Ph. kyffhusana Hering, 1928, Ph. leucanthemi Hering, 1935, Ph. minuscula Goureau, 1851, Ph. obscura Hendel, 1920, Ph. pauliloewii Hendel, 1920, Ph. pullula Zetterstedt, 1848, Ph. ranunculi (Schrank, 1803), Ph. spondylii Robineau-Desvoidy, 1851, Ph. thysselini Hendel, 1923 (Diptera: Agromyzidae); Anthomyia rumicis Bouché, 1834, Delia echinata (Séguy, 1923), Pegomya bicolor (Wiedemann, 1817), P. solennis (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae); Scaptomyza flava (Fallen, 1823), S. graminum (Fallen, 1823) (Diptera: Drosophilidae); Scathophaga sp. (Diptera: Scatophagidae); Euleia heraclei (L., 1758), Philophylla caesio (Harris, 1780), Sphenella marginata (Fallen, 1814), Vidalia spinifrons (Schröder, 1913) (Diptera: Tephritidae).
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 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/270518