An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Euphorinae, Gnamptodontinae, Helconinae, Hormiinae and Rhysipolinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Author Gadallah, Neveen S. Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Achterberg, Kees Van text Zootaxa 2016 4072 1 1 38 journal article 37195 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.1.1 7dd336a0-0360-4ed2-ba9f-f8a7e68bdf8e 1175-5326 270653 5B305BF4-6B98-4120-A6D4-22E155BAB15F Meteorus colon (Haliday, 1835) Distribution in Iran . Kermanshah ( Ghahari et al . 2010c as Meteorus luridus Ruthe ), Guilan (Farahani and Talebi 2012; Sedighi and Madjdzadeh 2015 ). Distribution outside Iran . Frequent in many European countries (Papp 2011–2012 ). Armenia , Azerbaijan , Bulgaria , China , Czech Republic , Finland , Georgia , Germany , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Lithuania , Moldova , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Russia , Slovakia , Sweden , Switzerland , former Yugoslavia ( Yu et al . 2012 ), Belgium ( Wesmael 1835 as Perilitus fragilis ; Yu et al . 2012 ), Croatia ( Papp 2010 ; Yu et al . 2012 ), Denmark ( Stigenberg and Ronquist 2011 ; Yu et al . 2012 ), France ( Yu et al. 2012 ; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013 ), Hungary ( Yu et al . 2012 ; Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013 ), Mongolia ( Papp 2009b ), Montenegro ( Papp 2010 ), Norway ( Yu et al. 2012 ; Stigenberg and Hansen 2013 ), Turkey ( Yilmaz et al . 2010 ; Yu et al . 2012 ), UK ( Marshall 1885 as Meteorus luridus ; Marshall 1887 as M. fragilis and as M. luridus ; Broad and Shaw 2009 ; Yu et al . 2012 ; Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013 ). Host records. It is reported as a parasitoid of Eupithecia venosata (Fabricius) ( Lepidoptera : Geometridae ), Diarsia brunnea (Denis & Schiffermüller) ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) ( Marshall 1885 ). Rougeot (1971) reported Saturnia pavonia (Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera : Saturniidae ) as a host for Meteorus colon . It has been It has been also reared from Limenitis camilla (Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae ), Anticollis sparsata (Treitschke), Hydriomena furcata Thunberg , Xanthorhoe biriviata Borkhausen ( Lepidoptera : Geometridae ), Diarsia brunnea (Denis & Schiffermüller) , Orthosia gothica (Linnaeus) , O . cerasi Fabricius , Pseudoips prisinana (Linnaeus) ,? Xestia agathina ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) ((Stigenberg 2013; Stigenberg and Shaw 2013 ).