Report of Ectophasia leucoptera (Dip.: Tachinidae) from Iran

One species of Tachinidae collected on Lepidium draba in Dasht-e Barm, Dasht-e Arjan, Fars Province in April ۲۰۰۶ were identified as Ectophasia leucoptera (Rondani, ۱۸۶۵). E. leucoptera is a rare species belonging to the subfamily Phasiinae and has been reported as a parasitoid of pentatomid bugs. This tachinid species, which is newly recorded from Iran, has previously been reported from Bulgaria, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Central Asia and Turkey.