Pimpla illecebrator (VILLERS 1789) D i s t r i b u t i o n: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, The Netherlands, Near East, Oriental Region (ANONYMOUS 2007). M a t e r i a l: Artvin: Genya Mt., 1625 m, 28.VII.2004,. Bayburt: Kop Mt., 2300 m, 25.VII.2001,. Erzurum: Konaklı, 2400 m, 22.VII.2000,; Palandöken, 2200 m, 29. VI.1996,, University field, 1850 m, 12.VII.1966,, Aşkale, 1800 m, 16.VII.1989,; Oltu, Sarısaz, 1450 m, 20.VII.1998,, 18. V.2000,, Sütkans, 1500 m, 25. VI.1996, 4, 6; Şenkaya, Gaziler, Soğanlı Mt., Çakırbaba Geçidi, 2400 m, 13.VIII.1998,; Uzundere, Dikyar, 1200 m, 2.VII.1994,. Kars: Sarıkamış, Karakurt, TCK Çeşmesi, 1500 m, 28.VIII.2004,. R e m a r k s: one specimen obtained from Malacosoma franconica D. & S. feeding on Berberis vulgaris L.; two specimens obtained from Hyponomeuta evonymella L. (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) feeding on Prunus mahaleb L. H. evonymella is the new host for P. illecebrator.

Published as part of Çoruh, S. & Özbek, H., 2008, A faunistic and systematic study on Pimplinae (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae) in Eastern and Northeastern parts of Turkey, pp. 419-462 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1) on page 438, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5427877