Aphidius matricariae Haliday

Rakhshani, Ehsan, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Starý, Petr, ‚, Tomanovi, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G. & Manzari, Shahab, 2008, A review of Aphidius Nees (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran: host associations, distribution and taxonomic notes, Zootaxa 1767, pp. 37-54 : 42-43

Aphidius matricariae Haliday ( Figs. 4 , 13 , 30, 47, 67)

* Aphis craccivora Koch on † Capsella bursa-pastoris, Aghasht , 9 May 2002 (1♀ 2♂); on † Medicago sativa , ‡Isfahan, 16 November 2003 (33♀ 39♂); * Aphis fabae Scopoli on † Rumex crispus, Tehran-Peykanshahr , 4 May 2002 (19♀ 17♂); ‡Qom, 4 May 2003 (7♀ 3♂); on † Solanum lycopersicum, Aghasht , 5 December 2004 (29♀ 11♂); Tehran-Peykanshahr, 17 September 2004 (23♀ 12♂); on † Rumex acetosa, Karaj 14 May 2003 (3♀ 1♂); on † Chenopodium album, Tehran-Peykanshahr , 18 May 2003 (11♀ 17♂); 10 December 2004 (21♀ 16♂); on † Plantago lanceolata, Tehran-Peykanshahr , 18 May 2003 (2♀ 1♂); Aphis gossypii Glover on † Catalpa bignonioides, Tehran-Peykanshahr , 18 May 2003 (2♀ 1♂); on † Solanum melongena, Tehran-Peykanshahr , 14 October 2004 (15♀ 9♂); on † Convulvolus sp., ‡Pishin, 12 March 2003 (2♀ 3♂); * Aphis pomi DeGeer on † Pyrus malus, Shiraz , 18 April 2004 (6♀ 2♂); * Aphis euphorbiae Kaltenbach on † Euphorbia sp., Shiraz, 18 April 2004 (3♀ 3♂); Aphis umbrella (B`rner) on †† Malva neglecta, ‡Ahvaz, 6 March 2005 (17♀ 15♂); * Brachycaudus cardui (L.) on Prunus sp., Tehran, 21 April 2002 (16♀ 12♂); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) on Callendula officinalis , Tehran, 26 April 2003 (2♀ 3♂); 18 May 2004 (39♀ 26♂); ‡Zahedan, 19 April 2003 (26♀ 21♂); on † Zinia elegans , 18 October 2005 (166♀ 129♂); * Capitophorus similis van der Goot on † Eleagnus angustifolia, Tabriz , 25 November 2004 (4♀ 4♂); * Eucarazzia elegans (Ferrari) on † Salvia sp., Isfahan, 16 December 2003 (19♀ 7♂); Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) on Triticum aestivum , ‡Salafchegan, 25 April 2005 (7♀ 5♂); Myzus cerasi (Fabricius) on † Prunus spinosa, Arangeh , 27 June 2003 (1♀ 3♂); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) on †† Malva neglecta, Tehran-Peykanshahr, 26 April 2002 (19♀ 26♂); on † Caryophylla sp., Tehran-Peykanshahr, 18 May 2003 (38♀ 16♂); on † Prunus persica, Tehran-Peykanshahr , 18 May 2003 (7♀ 2♂); on Prunus padus, Shahriar , 8 May 2003 (15♀ 6♂); on † Lactuca sativa, Karaj , 11 November 2004 (6♀ 3♂); on † Capsicum annuum, Shahriar , 17 October 2003 (2♀ 1♂); on † Cucurbita pepo , Isfahan, 16 December 2003 (14♀ 17♂); * Ovatus insitus (Walker) on † Cydonia vulgaris, Tehran-Peykanshahr , 20 May 2002 (10♀ 6♂); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) on Triticum aestivum, Tehran-Peykanshahr , 14 November 2004 (5♀ 3♂); Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) on Triticum aestivum , ‡Hamadan-Dekhan, 15 May 2005 (12♀ 16♂); Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) on Triticum aestivum, Tehran-Peykanshahr , 14 November 2004 (14♀ 17♂); ‡Iranshahr, 10 March 2003 (3♀ 5♂); ‡Qom, 25 April 2005 (16♀ 13♂).

Aphidius persicus Rakhshani & Starý ( Figs. 5 , 14 , 31, 48, 68)

Uroleucon chondrillae (Nevsky) on Chondrilla juncea, Tehran-Peykanshahr , 29 May 2005 (5♀ 5♂); Tehran, 28 April 2003 (13♀ 9♂); 6 May 2005 (8♀ 3♂); Karaj, 16 April 2005 (5♀ 5♂); Hamadan-Nobaran, 5 May 2005 (3♀ 2♂); Zanjan-Zarinabad, 16 May 2005 (4♀ 4♂); Uroleucon sonchi (L.) on Tragopogon pratensis , Tehran, 9 June 2004 (5♀ 1♂).

Aphidius popovi Starý ( Figs. 15 , 32, 49, 69)

* Amphorophora catharinae (Nevsky) on † Rosa hybrida, Karaj , 10 April 2004 (4♀ 5♂); ‡Tehran-Peykanshahr, 26 April 2002 (3♀ 2♂); ‡Karaj-Shahrestanak, 21 July 2003 (1♀ 2♂).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Head and mouthparts of Aphidius species. 1, A. absinthii; 2, A. cingulatus; 3, A. colemani; 4, A. matricariae; 5, A. persicus; 6, A. transcaspicus. Scale bars = 150 micrometers.

FIGURES 7–23. First (F1), second (F2), penultimate and terminal flagellomeres of Aphidius species. 7, A. absinthii; 8, A. cingulatus; 9, A. colemani; 10, A. eadyi; 11, A. ervi; 12, A. funebris; 13, A. matricariae; 14, A. persicus; 15, A. popovi; 16, A. rhopalosiphi; 17, A. rosae; 18, A. salicis; 19, A. setiger; 20, A. smithi; 21, A. transcaspicus; 22, A. urticae; 23, A. uzbekistanicus. LPl = longitudinal placode. Scale bars = 100 micrometers.