Catalogue of the Iranian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Author Gadallah, Neveen S. Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier text Zootaxa 2015 4043 1 1 69 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4043.1.1 d2ac6b28-d058-4646-888c-9f2d4f0fd4a1 1175-5326 289993 5CB5D7F3-6C3D-4D55-BBDB-FC0C3274477F Microplitis rufiventris Kokujev, 1914 Distribution in Iran . Alborz, Tehran ( Farahani et al. 2014 ). Distribution outside Iran . Afghanistan , China , Cyprus , Egypt , Israel , Jordan , Romania , Turkey , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan ( Yu et al. 2012 ). Host records. This species is considered as a solitary endoparasitoid of the American bollworm Helicoverpa armigera , cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis and the lesser cotton worm Spodoptera exigua ( Hegazi and Führer 1985 ; Yu et al. 2012 ). Yu et al. (2012) reported this species from Chelonis inanitus , Pteromalus semotus , Spodoptera cilium , and S. frugiperda .