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 transcaspicus Telenga, 1958 Figs 22 , 105 , 208 , 304 , 405 , 496 , 542 Material examined SAUDI ARABIA • 9 ♀♀ , 1 ♂ ; Abha ; May 2013 ; Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) on Prunus armeniaca ; Z. Ahmed leg. ( DPPZ ) . Host records Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach (?) ( Starý & Kaddou 1971 – as Aphis zizyphi Theobald ); Brachycaudus amygdalinus (Schouteden) (?) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ); Hyalopterus amygdali (Blanchard) ( Aslan et al. 2004 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Rakhshani et al. 2008a ; Mossadegh et al. 2011 ; Rakhshani 2012 ; Jafari et al . 2011 ; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012 ; Barahoei et al. 2013 ; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013 ); Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) ( Starý & Kaddou 1971 ; Erkin 1983 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b – as Aphidius magdae n.sp. ; Mokhtari et al. 2000 ; Starý et al. 2000 ; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003 ; Aslan et al. 2004 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Lozier et al. 2008 ; Rakhshani et al. 2008a , 2012b ; Jafari et al . 2011 ; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012 ; Laamari et al. 2011 , 2012 ; Nazari et al . 2012 ; Rakhshani 2012 ; Tomanović et al. 2012 ; Barahoei et al. 2013 ; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013 ; Ayadi et al. 2017 ); Melanaphis donacis (Passerini) ( Starý & Kaddou 1971 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; Barahoei et al. 2014 ). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Algeria ( Laamari et al. 2011 , 2012 ); Iran ( Starý et al. 2000 ; Mossadegh et al. 2011 ; Nazari et al. 2012 ; Rakhshani et al. 2008a , 2012b ; Rakhshani 2012 ; Barahoei et al. 2013 ; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013 ); Egypt ( Lozier et al. 2008 ); Iraq ( Al-Rawy et al. 1969 ; Starý 1969a , 1969c ; Starý & Kaddou 1971 ); Israel ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; Lozier et al. 2008 ); Morocco ( Lozier et al. 2008 ); Tunisia ( Lozier et al. 2008 ; Ben Halima et al. 2013 ; Ayadi et al. 2017 ); Turkey ( Uysal et al. 2004 ; Eastern part – Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003 ; Lozier et al. 2008 ; Western part – Aslan et al. 2004 ; Erkin 1983 ; Erdoğan et al. 2008 ). General distribution Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Nearctic (imported), Oriental .