Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations Author Rakhshani, Ehsan Author Barahoei, Hossein Author Ahmad, Zubair Author Starý, Petr Author Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa Author Mehrparvar, Mohsen Author Kavallieratos, Nickolas G. Author Čkrkić, Jelisaveta Author Tomanović, Željko text European Journal of Taxonomy 2019 2019-09-16 552 1 132 journal article 25283 10.5852/ejt.2019.552 b12494e0-94b7-420f-9d46-1e3f5d5641f0 3476562 173B2F6E-D172-41FE-A78D-FDCE5562E1BB Aphidius colemani Viereck, 1912 Figs 84 , 187 , 283 , 385 , 481 , 521 Host records Acyrthosiphon gossypii Mordvilko (?), Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (?) ( Starý & Erdelen 1982 ); Aphis aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe ( Rosen 1967 , 1969 ; Avidov & Harpaz 1969 ; Starý 1976 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Yumruktepe & Uygun 1994 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Yoldaş et al. 2011 ); Aphis chloris Koch ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ); Aphis craccivora Koch ( Starý & Erdelen 1982 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Yoldaş et al. 2011 ; Ahmad & Bakr 2013 ; Satar et al. 2014 ); Aphis epilobiaria Theobald ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ); Aphis fabae Scopoli ( Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Starý & Erdelen 1982 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b – as Aphis citricola van der Goot ; Laamari et al. 2012 ); Aphis gossypii Glover ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; Yoldaş et al. 2002 , 2011 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011 ; Irshaid & Hasan 2011 ; Laamari et al. 2012 ; Satar et al. 2014 ; Ayadi et al. 2017 ); Aphis hederae Kaltenbach , Aphis illinoisensis Shimer ( El-Gantiry et al. 2012 ; Havelka et al. 2011 ); Aphis intybi Koch ( Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; Abou- Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Laamari et al. 2012 ); Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe ( Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ; Laamari et al. 2012 ); Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach ( Starý & Kaddou 1971 ; Starý 1976 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b – as Aphis zizyphi Theobald ); Aphis pomi De Geer ( Laamari et al. 2011 , 2012 ); Aphis punicae Passerini ( Starý 1976 ; Al-Azawi 1970 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; Laamari et al. 2012 ); Aphis solanella Theobald ( Ayadi et al. 2017 ); Aphis umbrella (Börner) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ) ; Aphis verbasci Schrank ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ); Aphis sp. ( Starý 1975 , 1976 ); Brachycaudus amygdalinus (Schouteden) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ) ; Brachycaudus cardui (L.) ( Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) ( Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Starý & Erdelen 1982 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Satar et al. 2014 ); Capitophorus elaeagni (Del Guercio) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ) ; Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) ( Starý & Erdelen 1982 ; Starý et al. 2013 ); Hayhurstia atriplicis (L.) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ); Hyadaphis foeniculi (Passerini) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ) ; Hyperomyzus lactucae (L.) (?) ( Güz & Kilinçer 2005 ); Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ) ; Macrosiphum rosae (L.) (?) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) ( Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Starý & Erdelen 1982 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ; Güz & Kilinçer 2005 ; Yoldaş et al. 2011 ; Laamari et al. 2012 ; Ahmad & Bakr 2013 ; Satar et al. 2014 ; Hasan 2016 ); Ovatus mentharius (van der Goot) ( Güz & Kilinçer 2005 ) ; Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) ( Starý & Erdelen 1982 ; Ghanim & El-Adl 1983 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; El-Heneidy et al. 2001 , 2002 , 2004 ; Sobhy et al. 2004 ; Güz & Kilinçer 2005 ; Gadallah et al. 2017 ); Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (L.) ( Starý 1976 ); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) ( Ghanim & El-Adl 1983 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; Abdel-Rahman et al. 2000 ; El-Heneidy et al. 2001 , 2002 , 2004 ; Sobhy et al. 2004 ; Abdel-Rahman 2005 ; Slman 2006 ; Gadallah et al. 2017 ); Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) ( Starý & Erdelen 1982 ; Ghanim & El-Adl 1983 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; Abdel-Rahman et al. 2000 ; El-Heneidy et al. 2001 , 2002 , 2004 ; Sobhy et al. 2004 ; Abdel-Rahman 2005 ; Slman 2006 ); Schizaphis rosazevedoi Ilharco ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ); Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) ( Ghanim & El-Adl 1983 ; El-Heneidy et al. 2001 , 2002 ; Sobhy et al. 2004 ; Gadallah et al. 2017 ); Sitobion fragariae (Walker) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ) . Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Algeria ( Starý 1975 , 1976 ; Laamari et al. 2011 , 2012 ); Egypt ( Starý 1976 ; Ghanim & El-Adl 1983 ; Abdel-Rahman et al. 2000 ; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001 ; El-Heneidy et al. 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 ; Sobhy et al. 2004 ; Abdel-Rahman 2005 ; Slman 2006 ; El-Gantiry et al. 2012 ; El-Ghiet et al. 2014 ; Gadallah et al. 2017 ); Iraq ( Al-Azawi 1970 ; Starý & Kaddou 1971 ; Starý 1976 ); Israel ( Rosen 1967 , 1969 ; Avidov & Harpaz 1969 ; Starý 1970 , 1975 , 1976 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ); Jordan ( Irshaid & Hasan 2011 ; Hasan 2016 ); Lebanon ( Starý 1976 ; Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ); Libya ( Havelka et al. 2011 ; Tomanović et al. 2014 ); Morocco ( Starý & Sekkat 1987 ); Palestine ( Samara & Qubbaj 2012 ); Saudi Arabia ( Ahmad & Bakr 2013 ); Syria ( Starý 1975 , 1976 ); Tunisia ( Starý 1976 ; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005 ; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011 ; Ayadi et al. 2017 ); Turkey ( Starý 1976 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Eastern part – Tozlu et al. 2002 ; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003 ; Central part – Yumruktepe & Uygun 1994 ; Güz & Kilinçer 2005 ; Satar et al. 2014 ; Western part – Yoldaş et al. 2002 , 2011 ; Erdoğan et al. 2008 ; Akar & Erdoğan 2017 ); UAE ( Starý et al. 2013 ); Yemen ( Starý & Erdelen 1982 ; Starý et al. 2013 ). General distribution Cosmopolitan. Remarks All evidence from Iran ( Starý 1979 , Starý et al. 2000 ; Rakhshani et al. 2008a ), refer to Aphidius platensis ( Tomanović et al. 2014 ) . Identification-revision of this species group is recommended. Description and illustration of Aphidius colemani in Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b , clearly represent the diagnostic characters of Aphidius platensis .