Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations Author Rakhshani, Ehsan 86C5B3A2-BE3E-4C3B-B0F1-3B69148E0B9B Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, P. O. Box 98615 - 538, I. R. Iran. rakhshani@uoz.ac.ir Author Barahoei, Hossein 44789571-73AB-4B58-ADA3-AF43B9EAC4BA Institute of Agricultural Research, University of Zabol, P. O. Box 98615 - 538, I. R. Iran. hossein.barahoei@gmail.com Author Ahmad, Zubair 769585C9-7C8C-4381-9DFE-ED5C32EFDCEE 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. dzubair@gmail.com Author Starý, Petr 91D5DFA9-E28A-4DCA-A6A0-D05E125BD22D Institute of Entomology, Biology Center, Laboratory of Aphidology, AVCR, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic. stary@entu.cas.cz Author Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa 55BDC589-8306-4346-8712-7CB6F64BDA00 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, P. O. Box 98615 - 538, I. R. Iran. msc.ghafouri@gmail.com Author Mehrparvar, Mohsen Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, I. R. Iran. mehrparvar@aphidology.com Author Kavallieratos, Nickolas G. Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos str., 11855, Athens, Attica, Greece. nick_kaval@hotmail.com Author Čkrkić, Jelisaveta Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studensky trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. jckrkic@bio.bg.ac.rs Author Tomanović, Željko Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studensky trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. ztoman@bio.bg.ac.rs text European Journal of Taxonomy 2019 2019-09-16 552 1 132 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2019.552 b12494e0-94b7-420f-9d46-1e3f5d5641f0 2118-9773 3476562 173B2F6E-D172-41FE-A78D-FDCE5562E1BB Aphidius absinthii Marshall, 1896 Figs 6 , 78 , 181 , 277 , 379 , 476 , 515 Host records Macrosiphoniella abrotani (Walker) ( Starý et al. 2000 ; Rakhshani et al. 2008 a , 2011; Talebi et al. 2009 ); Macrosiphoniella artemisiae (Boyer de Fonscolombe) ( Starý 1976 ; Aslan et al. 2004 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Rakhshani et al. 2008 a , 2011; Talebi et al. 2009 ); Macrosiphoniella helichrysi Remaudière ( Starý et al. 2000 ; Rakhshani et al. 2011 ); Macrosiphoniella oblonga (Mordvilko) ( Starý et al. 2000 ; Rakhshani et al. 2008 a , 2011; Talebi et al. 2009 ); Macrosiphoniella pulvera (Walker) ( Starý 1979 ; Starý et al. 2000 ; Rakhshani et al. 2011 ); Macrosiphoniella riedeli Szelegiewicz ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ; Rakhshani et al. 2011 ); Macrosiphoniella tuberculata (Nevsky) ( Starý 1979 ; Starý et al. 2000 ; Rakhshani et al. 2011 ; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b – as Macrosiphoniella nr. macrura Hille Ris Lambers); Macrosiphoniella sp. ( Starý et al. 2000 ; Rakhshani et al. 2011 ). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran ( Starý 1979 ; Starý et al. 2000 ; Talebi et al. 2009 ; Rakhshani et al. 2008 a , 2011); Israel ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b ); Turkey ( Starý 1976 ; Central part – Aslan et al. 2004 ; Uysal et al. 2004 ; Western part – Erdoğan et al. 2008 ). General distribution Holarctic, Oriental .