Ephedrus cerasicola Starý, 1962

M a t e r i a l. 1 Ơ, 2 ♀, Kyiv, Darnytsia [50°25'20.98'' N, 30°40'12.49'' E], 19.05.201 0, reared from aphids on apple-tree 25– 31.05.2010 (Fursov) (SIZK) .

С o m p a r a t i v e n o t e s. E. cerasicola (fig. 5, 1–6) differs from other Ephedrus species by the mesoscutum slightly wider than long (fig. 5, 2, 8); from E. plagiator (fig. 5, 7, 10 –12) it differs by: 1) length ratio of F1/F2 is bigger and equals 1.2–1.3; 2) F1 is yellow, without or with 1 longitudinal placode; 3) shorter 2nd submarginal cell of forewing; 4) wider central areola on propodeum; 5) shorter petiole with more prominent spiracular tubercules; 5) shorter ovipositor sheath with straighter margin of apex. E. cerasicola forewing veins (RS +M)a and 2 RS are partly desclerotized in the place they join (fig. 5, 3, 9).

H o s t s. Species of genera Brachycaudus, Capitophorus, Cryptomyzus, Dysaphis, Hyperomyzus, Myzus, Nasonovia, Ovatus, Phorodon, Rhopalosiphum (Starý, 1962; Gärdenfors, 1986; Tobias, Chiriac, 1986; Starý, 2006; Starý, Lukáš, 2009; Tomanović et al., 2009; Yu et al., 2012).

H a b i t a t s. Gardens, parks, orchards, vineyards, roadsides (Starý, 2006; Starý, Lukáš, 2009).

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Ukraine (Kyiv Region, first records). Europe; Middle Ural; Near East (Turkey, Iran); Southern (Pakistan), and South-Eastern Asia (New Zealand); North America (U.S.A.) (Tobias, Chiriac, 1986, Yu et al., 2012).