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Aphidius matricariae Haliday 1834

Creators

  • 1. Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, P. O. Box 98615 - 538, I. R. Iran.
  • 2. Institute of Agricultural Research, University of Zabol, P. O. Box 98615 - 538, I. R. Iran.
  • 3. Research Center Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia. & Unit of Bee Research and Honey Production, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P. O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia. & Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, King Khalid University, Dhahran Al Janoub, Saudi Arabia.
  • 4. Institute of Entomology, Biology Center, Laboratory of Aphidology, AVCR, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
  • 5. Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, I. R. Iran.
  • 6. Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos str., 11855, Athens, Attica, Greece.
  • 7. Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studensky trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.

Description

Aphidius matricariae Haliday, 1834

Figs 12, 91, 194, 290, 392, 485, 528

Material examined

SAUDI ARABIA • 1 ♂; Abha-Mahala College campus; Nov. 2012; on Chrysanthemum sp. • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Abha-Mahala College campus; Apr. 2013; on Dodonaea viscosa • 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂; Abha; May 2013; on Dodonaea viscosa • 2 ♀♀; Abha; 28 Nov. 2012; Agricultural field; on Lablab purpureus • 7 ♀♀, 1 ♂ Abha; Nov. 2012; on Lablab purpureus • 1 ♀, 6 ♂♂; Abha-Mahala College campus; Nov. 2012; on Lactuca virosa • 28 ♀♀, 23 ♂♂; Abha-Mazra; May 2013; Aphis punicae Passerini on Punica granatum • 3 ♂♂; Abha-Mahala College campus; Nov. 2012; on Setaria glauca • 1 ♂; Abha-Mahala College campus; Dec. 2012; on Solanum nigrum • 4 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; Abha-Mahala College campus; Apr. 2013; on Solanum nigrum • 1 ♂; Abha-Mahala College campus; Nov. 2012; on Sonchus oleraceus; Z. Ahmed leg. (DPPZ).

Host records

Acyrthosiphon gossypii Mordvilko (?) (Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Amegosiphon platicaudum (Narzikulov) (Nazari et al. 2012); Aphis affinis Del Guercio (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976; Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2012b; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Ben Halima et al. 1994; Uysal et al. 2004; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011); Aphis craccivora Koch (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Abdel-Samad & Ahmed 2009; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Aphis crepidis (Börner) (Starý et al. 2000); Aphis dlabolai Holman (Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis euphorbiae Kaltenbach (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis fabae Scopoli (Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013; Ayadi et al. 2017); Aphis gossypii Glover (Starý 1979; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993; Ben Halima et al. 1994; Starý et al. 2000; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005; Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Ahmad & Bakr 2013; Barahoei et al. 2013; Satar et al. 2014; Ayadi et al. 2017); Aphis hederae Kaltenbach (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b); Aphis illinoisensis Shimer (Barjadze et al. 2010; Havelka et al. 2011); Aphis intybi Koch (Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach (Starý 1976; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b – as Aphis zizyphi Theobald; Nazari et al. 2012); Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Abou- Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Ben Halima et al. 1994; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005; Laamari et al. 2012); Aphis parietariae Theobald (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976); Aphis plantaginis Goeze (Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis pomi De Geer (Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis punicae Passerini (Laamari et al. 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis solanella Theobald (Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis spiraecola Patch (Laamari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012); Aphis umbrella (Börner) (Schlinger & Mackauer 1963; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Nazari et al. 2012); Aulacorthum solani (Kaltenbach) (Hussein & Kawar 1984); Brachycaudus amygdalinus (Schouteden) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012); Brachycaudus cardui (L.) (Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Rakhshani 2012); Brachycaudus divaricatae Shaposhnikov (Jafari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) (Starý 1976; Erkin 1983; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Mokhtari et al. 2000; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2012b; Talebi et al. 2009; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Rakhshani 2012; Jafari et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Satar et al. 2014; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Brachycaudus persicae (Passerini) (Rakhshani 2012); Brachycaudus tragopogonis (Kaltenbach) (Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009); Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) (?) (Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Capitophorus elaeagni (Del Guercio) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Capitophorus inulae (Passerini) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b); Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (González et al. 1992; Zareh et al. 1995; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012, 2016); Dysaphis crataegi (Kaltenbach) (Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Dysaphis devecta (Walker) (Starý et al. 2000; Aslan & Karaca 2005); Dysaphis foeniculus (Theobald) (Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Dysaphis lappae (Koch) (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Dysaphis plantaginea (Passerini) (Radjabi 1989; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b – as Myzus mali Ferrari; Starý et al. 2000; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Rakhshani 2012); Dysaphis pyri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Erkin 1983; Radjabi 1989; Starý et al. 2000; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Uysal et al. 2004; Laamari et al. 2012); Eucarazzia elegans (Ferrari) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013); Hyalopterus amygdali (Blanchard) (?) (Jafari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Nazari et al. 2012); Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) (?) (Erkin 1983; Mokhtari et al. 2000; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Hyperomyzus lactucae (L.) (?) (Laamari et al. 2011; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) (Mossadegh et al. 2011); Lipaphis lepidii (Nevsky) (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Mossadegh et al. 2011); Lipaphis pseudobrassicae (Davis) (Barahoei et al. 2013; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas) (Yoldaş et al. 1990; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993; Uysal et al. 2004); Macrosiphum rosae (L.) (Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993; Laamari et al. 2011); Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2008b; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Myzus ascalonicus Doncaster (Barahoei et al. 2013); Myzus beybienkoi (Narzykulov) (Starý et al. 2000); Myzus cerasi (Fabricius) (Erkin 1983; Mokhtari et al. 2000; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Rakhshani 2012); Myzus certus (Walker) (Barahoei et al. 2013); Myzus ornatus Laing (Starý et al. 2000); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Schlinger & Mackauer 1963; Rosen 1967, 1969; Avidov & Kotter 1966; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976, 1979; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Erkin 1983; Tremblay et al. 1985; Karaat & Goven 1986; Radjabi 1989; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993; Ben Halima et al. 1994; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Starý et al. 2000; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Uysal et al. 2004; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005; Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Jafari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013; Chaouche & Laamari 2015; Ayadi et al. 2017); Nasonovia ribisnigri (Mosley) (?) (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Ovatus insitus (Walker) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Rakhshani 2012); Phorodon humuli (Schrank) (Schlinger & Mackauer 1963; Starý et al. 2000); Rhopalomyzus sp. (Starý 1979); Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) (Ibrahim 1990 a, 1990b; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Ibrahim & Afifi 1991; El-Heneidy 1994; Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002, 2003; Abdel-Rahman 2005; Slman 2006; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Nazari et al. 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015; Ayadi et al. 2017); Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (L.) (Mokhtari et al. 2000; Starý et al. 2000); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Abou-Fakhr 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Ibrahim 1990b; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; El-Heneidy 1994, Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002, 2003; Abdel-Rahman 2005; Slman 2006; Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2008b; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013; Chaouche & Laamari 2015; Gadallah et al. 2017); Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; El-Heneidy 1994; Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002, 2003; Abdel-Rahman 2005; Slman 2006; Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2008b; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Schizaphis rosazevedoi Ilharco (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b); Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; El-Heneidy 1994; Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002, 2003; Slman 2006; Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2008b; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2013; Gadallah et al. 2017); Sitobion fragariae (Walker) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Barahoei et al. 2013); Uroleucon compositae (Theobald) (?) (Laamari et al. 2011); Uroleucon sonchi (L.) (?) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b); Wahlgreniella nervata (Gillette) (Barahoei et al. 2013).

Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa

Algeria (Starý 1976; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Egypt (Ibrahim 1990 a, 1990b; El-Heneidy 1994; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004; Abdel-Rahman 2005; Abdel-Samad & Ahmed 2009; El-Ghiet et al. 2014; Gadallah et al. 2017); Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2008b; Rakhshani et al. 2012b; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Iraq (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976); Israel (Schlinger & Mackauer 1963; Rosen 1967, 1969; Avidov & Kotter 1966; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b); Lebanon (Abou-Fakhr 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Saudi Arabia (Ahmad & Bakr 2013); Tunisia (Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993; Ben Halima et al. 1994; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Ayadi et al. 2017); Turkey (Starý 1976; Uysal et al. 2004; Eastern part – Karaat & Goven 1986; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Central part – Aslan et al. 2004; Satar et al. 2014; Western part – Erkin 1983; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Erdoğan et al. 2008; Barjadze et al. 2010; Havelka et al. 2011; Akar & Erdoğan 2017); UAE (Starý et al. 2013); Yemen (Starý et al. 2013).

General distribution

Cosmopolitan.

Notes

Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on pages 12-14, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562

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Biodiversity

Collection code
DPPZ
Event date
2012-11-28
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Aphidius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Haliday
Species
matricariae
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2012-11-28
Taxonomic concept label
Aphidius matricariae Haliday, 1834 sec. Rakhshani, Barahoei, Ahmad, Starý, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mehrparvar, Kavallieratos, Čkrkić & Tomanović, 2019

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