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 Lysiphlebus confusus Tremblay & Eady, 1978 Figs 38 , 128 , 231 , 327 , 428 , 505 , 565 Lysiphlebus marismortui Mescheloff & Rosen, 1990a , Israel Journal of Entomology, 24: 35–50. syn. nov. Host records Acyrthosiphon sp. (?) ( Starý et al. 2000 ); Aphis affinis del Guercio ( Taheri & Rakhshani 2013 ); Aphis aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe ( Rosen 1967 , 1969 ; Avidov & Harpaz 1969 ; Starý 1976 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Ben Halima et al. 1994 ; Starý 1976 ; Aghajanzadeh et al. 1995 ; Starý et al. 2000 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005 ); Aphis craccivora Koch ( Al-Azawi 1970 ; Starý & Kaddou 1971 ; Starý 1976 , 1979 ; Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ; Starý et al. 2000 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Güz & Kilinçer 2005 ; Talebi et al. 2009 ; Nazari et al . 2012 ; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013 ; Barahoei et al. 2013 ; Satar et al. 2014 ; Chaouche & Laamari 2015 ; Rakhshani et al. 2005a , 2006a ); Aphis euphorbiae Kaltenbach ( Güz & Kilinçer 2005 ); Aphis fabae Scopoli ( Starý 1976 ; Al-Azawi 1970 ; Starý & Kaddou 1971 ; Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Hussein & Kawar 1984 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a ; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993 , 2005 ; Ben Halima et al. 1994 – as Aphis citricola van der Goot ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003 ; Aslan et al. 2004 ; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005 – as Aphis citricola van der Goot ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Talebi et al. 2009 ; Laamari et al. 2011 , 2012 ; Nazari et al. 2012 ); Aphis farinosa Gmelin ( Starý et al. 2000 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Rakhshani et al. 2007b ; Talebi et al. 2009 ; Nazari et al. 2012 ); Aphis gossypii Glover ( Starý 1976 ; Al-Azawi 1970 ; Starý & Kaddou 1971 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a ; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993 , 2005 ; Ben Halima et al. 1994 ; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Laamari et al. 2011 ; Nazari et al. 2012 ; Satar et al. 2014 ); Aphis hederae Kaltenbach ( Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ); Aphis idaei van der Goot ( Barahoei et al. 2013 ; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013 ); Aphis intybi Koch ( Barahoei et al. 2013 ; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013 ); Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach ( Al-Azawi 1970 ; Starý 1976 ; Laamari et al. 2012 ); Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a – as Aphis zizyphi Theobald ); Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe ( Al-Azawi 1970 ; Starý 1976 ; Ben Halima et al. 1994 ; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005 ); Aphis potentillae Nevsky ( Laamari et al. 2011 , 2012 ); Aphis punicae Passerini ( Aslan et al. 2004 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ); Aphis ruborum (Börner) ( Starý 1976 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a ; Aslan et al. 2004 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ); Aphis solanella Theobald ( Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ); Aphis umbrella (Börner) ( Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ); Aphis urticata Gmelin ( Güz & Kilinçer 2005 ); Aphis vallei Hille Ris Lambers & Stroyan ( Starý 1976 ; Güz & Kilinçer 2005 ); Aphis verbasci Schrank ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a ; Starý et al. 2000 ; Talebi et al. 2009 ; Rakhshani et al. 2012b ; Barahoei et al. 2013 ); Aulacorthum sp. ( Starý 1979 ); Brachycaudus amygdalinus (Schouteden) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a ) ; Brachycaudus cardui (L.) ( Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ; Starý et al. 2000 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) ( Aslan et al. 2004 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Nazari et al. 2012 ; Satar et al. 2014 ); Brachyunguis skafi Remaudière & Talhouk ( Starý et al. 2000 ); Dysaphis crataegi (Kaltenbach) ; Dysaphis foeniculus (Theobald) ( Güz & Kilinçer 2005 ) ; Ephedraphis ephedrae (Nevsky) ( Starý 1979 ; Starý et al. 2000 ); Hyadaphis foeniculi (Passerini) ( Tremblay et al . 1985 ) ; Hyperomyzus lactucae (L.) (?) ( Barahoei et al. 2013 ); Macrosiphoniella tapuskae (Hottes & Frison) (?) ( Starý 1979 ; Starý et al. 2000 ; Rakhshani et al. 2011 ); Melanaphis sp. ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a ); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) ( Ben Halima et al. 1994 ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ); Protaphis sp. ( Starý 1979 ); Uroleucon sp. (?) ( Barahoei et al. 2012 , 2013 ). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Algeria ( Starý 1976 ; Laamari et al. 2011 , 2012 ; Chaouche & Laamari 2015 ); Iran ( Starý 1979 ; Aghajanzadeh et al. 1995 ; Starý et al. 2000 ; Rakhshani et al. 2005a ; Rakhshani et al. 2007b ; Barahoei et al. 2012 , 2013 ; Nazari et al. 2012 ; Rakhshani et al. 2012b ; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013 ); Egypt ( Mackauer & Starý 1967 ; Starý 1976 ); Iraq ( Starý 1969a , 1976 , 1979 ; Al-Azawi 1970 ; Starý & Kaddou 1971 ); Israel ( Rosen 1967 , 1969 ; Avidov & Harpaz 1969 ; Starý 1976 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a ); Lebanon ( Abou-Fakhr 1982 ; Hussein & Kawar 1984 ; Tremblay et al . 1985 ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998 ); Tunisia ( Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993 , 2005 ; Ben Halima et al. 1994 ); Turkey ( Starý 1976 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Eastern part – Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003 ; Aslan et al. 2004 ; Güz & Kilinçer 2005 ; Satar et al. 2014 ; Akar & Erdoğan 2017 ); UAE ( Starý et al. 2013 ). General distribution Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Oriental . Remarks Mescheloff & Rosen (1990a) described Lysiphlebus marismortui from Israel . Based on the original description of this species, which is very closely related to Lysiphlebus confusus , and the fact that Lysiphlebus confusus exhibits major morphological variability ( Tomanović et al . 2018 ), we believe that Lysiphlebus marismortui falls as a synonym of Lysiphlebus confusus .