An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Author
Gadallah, Neveen S.
Author
Ghahari, Hassan
Author
Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier
Author
Fischer, Maximilian
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Zootaxa
2015
3974
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journal article
36654
10.11646/zootaxa.3974.1.1
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Aphaereta minuta
(Nees, 1811)
Distribution in
Iran
.
Isfahan (Ghahari
et al.
2011c as
Asobara minuta
; Khajeh
et al.
2014), Tehran (Khajeh
et al.
2014).
Distribution outside
Iran
.
Widely distributed and frequent to common in the Palaearctic region (
Papp 2007a
), and almost all of Europe (
Fischer 1973a
).
Austria
, Azores,
Bulgaria
, Canary Islands,
Croatia
,
Czech Republic
, Faeroe Islands,
Finland
,
France
,
Germany
,
Greenland
,
Hungary
,
Iceland
,
Italy
, Juan Fernandez Islands,
Moldova
,
Morocco
,
Netherlands
,
Poland
,
Romania
,
Slovenia
,
Sweden
,
Switzerland
and
Uzbekistan
(
Yu
et al.
2012
),
Greece
(
Papp 2007a
as
Asobora minuta
;
Yu
et al.
2012
),
Korea
(2007b;
Yu
et al.
2012
), Madeira Islands (van
Achterberg and Aguiar 2009
;
Yu
et al.
2012
),
Russia
(
Lelej 2012
;
Yu
et al.
2012
),
Serbia
(
Žikić
et al.
2000
;
Yu
et al.
2012
),
Spain
(
Docavo et al 1985
,
Tormos 1987
;
Yu
et al.
2012
),
United Kingdom
(
Broad
et al.
2012
;
Yu
et al.
2012
).
Host records.
This species is reported as a polyphagous gregarious larval-pupal parasitoid of fly species of different size ranges from small
Drosophilidae
to large
Calliphoridae
, whose larvae feed on ephemeral food sources such as decaying plant and animal material (
Sychevskaya 1964
; Vet and van
Alphen 1985
;
Vet
et al.
1993
). Recorded as a parasitoid of
Lucilia sericata
and
Calliphora vicina
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
(
Diptera
:
Calliphoridae
) (
Evans 1933
;
Fischer 1973a
). In
Iran
, it has been reared from the pupa of
Diptera
, ex snails (Khajeh
et al.
2014). In
Spain
, it has also been reported as a parasitoid of
Lucilia sericata
(
Docavo
et al.
1985
;
Tormos 1987
).
Lelej (2012)
reported the following dipteran genera as hosts to this species:
Scatophaga
(Scatophagidae)
,
Calliphora
and
Lucilia
(Calliphoridae)
,
Bercaea
,
Parasarcophaga
,
Pterella
and
Ravinia
(Sarcophagidae)
,
Delia
,
Pegohylemyia
and
Peregle
(
Anthomyiidae
),
Ceratitis
(Tephretidae)
,
Hebecnema
(Muscidae)
,
Psila
(Psilidae)
,
Orygma
(Sepsidae)
,
Phytomyza
(Agromyzidae)
and
Eumerus
(Syrphidae)
.