Scutellista caerulea (Fonscolombe, 1832) Encyrtus caeruleus Fonscolombe, 1832:304, ♀. – HDOU, France. Distribution in the Middle East: Algeria (Thompson, 1958), Egypt (Saad et al., 1977; El–Minshawy et al., 1978; Abd-Rabou, 2011), Iran (Hesami et al., 2008), Iraq (Alrubeai, 2017), Israel (Rosen, 1962; Rosen et al., 1971; Mendel et al., 1984), Jordan (Awamelah et al., 2008, 2009), Lebanon (Khazawinah & Talhouk, 1964), Libya (Lal & Naji, 1979b), Morocco (Thompson, 1958; Vago, 2002), Oman (Xiao & Huang, 2001), Palestine (Rivnay, 1944), Syria (Diab et al., 2014), Saudi Arabia (Faragalla et al., 1985), Tunisia (Jarraya, 1974; Mansour et al., 2011), Turkey (Western part – Öncüer, 1991; Yayla et al., 1995; Xiao & Huang, 2001; Kumral & Kovanci, 2004). Zoogeographical distribution: Afrotropical, Australasian, Eastern Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oceanic, Oriental, Western Palaearctic. Remarks: This species has been recorded as Scutellista syanea from Iraq (Alrubeai, 2017), and as Scutellista cyanea Motschulsky, 1859, from Egypt (Saad et al., 1977; El–Minshawy et al., 1978), Israel (Rosen, 1962; Rosen et al., 1971; Mendel et al., 1984), Lebanon (Khazawinah & Talhouk, 1964), Libya (Lal & Naji, 1979b), Palestine (Rivnay, 1944), Saudi Arabia (Faragalla et al., 1985), Tunisia (Mansour et al., 2011) and from Turkey (Öncüer, 1991; Yayla et al., 1995; Kumral & Kovanci, 2004).

Published as part of Rahmani, Zahra, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein & Mokhtari, Azizollah, 2022, Annotated checklist of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) in the Middle East and North Africa, pp. 265-377 in Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2) on page 283, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.265, http://zenodo.org/record/17020966