Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations

Ehsan Rakhshani; Hossein Barahoei; Zubair Ahmad; Petr Starý; Mostafa Ghafouri-Moghaddam; Mohsen Mehrparvar; Nickolas G. Kavallieratos; Jelisaveta Čkrkić; Željko Tomanović

doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.552

European Journal of Taxonomy (Sep 2019)

Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations

Ehsan Rakhshani,
Hossein Barahoei,
Zubair Ahmad,
Petr Starý,
Mostafa Ghafouri-Moghaddam,
Mohsen Mehrparvar,
Nickolas G. Kavallieratos,
Jelisaveta Čkrkić,
Željko Tomanović

Affiliations

Ehsan Rakhshani: University of Zabol, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, P.O. Box 98615-538, I.R.
Hossein Barahoei: University of Zabol, Institute of Agricultural Research, P.O. Box 98615-538, I.R.
Zubair Ahmad: Research Center Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, 9004, Abha 61413 Unit of Bee Research and Honey Production, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, King Khalid University, Dhahran Al Janoub
Petr Starý: Institute of Entomology, Biology Center, Laboratory of Aphidology, AVCR, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice
Mostafa Ghafouri-Moghaddam: Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, P.O. Box 98615-538, I.R.
Mohsen Mehrparvar: Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, I.R.
Nickolas G. Kavallieratos: Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos str., 11855, Athens, Attica
Jelisaveta Čkrkić: Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studensky trg 16, 11000 Belgrade
Željko Tomanović: Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studensky trg 16, 11000 Belgrade

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.552
Journal volume & issue: no. 552

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In this study, a total of 108 Aphidiinae species, belonging to 18 genera, associated with 240 aphid species in 16 countries of the Middle East and North Africa are reviewed. 743 host aphid-parasitoid associations are listed. New material was collected from various regions of Saudi Arabia during 2011–2013. Three species including Aphidius avenae Haliday, 1834, Aphidius platensis Brèthes, 1913 and Praon barbatum Mackauer, 1967 are first recorded for the fauna of this country. Lysiphlebus marismortui Mescheloff & Rosen, 1990 syn. nov. is classified as the junior synonym of Lysiphlebus confusus Tremblay & Eady, 1978. An illustrated up-to-date key to all known species of Aphidiinae that occur in the Middle East and North Africa is provided. The findings are discussed in relation to the overall parasitoid-aphid associations in the target investigated region.

Published in European Journal of Taxonomy

ISSN: 2118-9773 (Online)
Publisher: Consortium of European Natural History Museums
Country of publisher: France
LCC subjects: Science: Zoology; Science: Botany
Website: http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt

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