Syrphophagus aphidivorus (Mayr)

Hayat, Mohammad, Ahmad, Zubair & Khan, Farmanur Rehman, 2014, Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 3793 (1), pp. 1-59 : 52

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scientific name	Syrphophagus aphidivorus (Mayr)
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Syrphophagus aphidivorus (Mayr) View in CoL

( Figs 130–132 View FIGURES 130 – 132 )

Encyrtus aphidivorus Mayr, 1876: 724 View in CoL , ♀, ♂. Austria.

Aphidencyrtus aphidivorus (Mayr) View in CoL : Mercet, 1921: 345 –347, ♀, ♂, redescription, figure. Syrphophagus aphidivorus (Mayr) View in CoL : Noyes & Hayat, 1984: 339, taxonomy. Trjapitzin, 1989: 196, key, hosts, distribution. Hayat, 2006: 190, 191, key, figures, Indian hosts.

Material examined. KSA: Al-Qassim: Unaizah, 30.v.2013 (35F [collection number]), Coll. F.R. Khan (1 ♀, on slide, EH.1690); Al-Qassim: Buraidah, Bakeria, 15.xi.2012 (19F), Coll. F.R. Khan (1 ♀); Buraidah, Melida, 6.xi.2012 (9F), Coll. F.R. Khan (1 ♀) ( ZDAMU).

Comments. This is a well-known parasitoid of aphids ( Hemiptera : Aphidoidea), and has been dealt with by several authors ( Mercet 1921; De Santis 1964; Hayat 2006, to cite only three references). A few figures are given here to aid in its recognition ( Figs 130–132 View FIGURES 130 – 132 ).

Syrphophagus aphidivorus is a widely distributed species, and is newly recorded from Saudi Arabia .

References

De Santis, L. (1964) Encirtidos de la Republica Argentina (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Anales de la Comision de Investigacion Cientifica, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Gobernacion, 4, 9 - 422.

Hayat, M. (2006) Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Published by M. Hayat, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India, i - viii + 1 - 496 pp.

Mayr, G. L. (1876) Die europaischen Encyrtiden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 25, 675 - 778.

Mercet, R. G. (1921) Fauna Iberica. Himenopteros Fam. Encirtidos. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias, Madrid, 727 pp.

Noyes, J. S. & Hayat, M. (1984) A review of the genera of Indo-Pacific Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 48, 131 - 395.

Trjapitzin, V. A. (1989) Parasitic Hymenoptera of the fam. Encyrtidae of Palaearctics. Opredeleteli po Faune SSSR, Izdavavaemiye Zoologicheskim Institutom Akademii Nauk SSSR, 158, 1 - 489. [in Russian]