Lysiphlebus confusus Tremblay & Eady, 1978

Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, European Journal of Taxonomy 552, pp. 1-132 : 32-33

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Lysiphlebus confusus Tremblay & Eady, 1978
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Lysiphlebus confusus Tremblay & Eady, 1978 View in CoL

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Lysiphlebus marismortui Mescheloff & Rosen, 1990a View in CoL , Israel Journal of Entomology, 24: 35–50. syn. nov.

Host records

Acyrthosiphon sp. (?) ( Starý et al. 2000); Aphis affinis del Guercio ( Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe ( Rosen 1967, 1969; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Tremblay et al. 1985; Ben Halima et al. 1994; Starý 1976; Aghajanzadeh et al. 1995; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005); Aphis craccivora Koch ( Al-Azawi 1970; Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976, 1979; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Talebi et al. 2009; Nazari et al. 2012; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013; Barahoei et al. 2013; Satar et al. 2014; Chaouche & Laamari 2015; Rakhshani et al. 2005a, 2006a); Aphis euphorbiae Kaltenbach ( Güz & Kilinçer 2005); Aphis fabae Scopoli ( Starý 1976; Al-Azawi 1970; Starý & Kaddou 1971; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993, 2005; Ben Halima et al. 1994 – as Aphis citricola van der Goot ; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Aslan et al. 2004; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005 – as Aphis citricola van der Goot ; Uysal et al. 2004; Talebi et al. 2009; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Nazari et al. 2012); Aphis farinosa Gmelin ( Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2007b; Talebi et al. 2009; Nazari et al. 2012); Aphis gossypii Glover ( Starý 1976; Al-Azawi 1970; Starý & Kaddou 1971; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993, 2005; Ben Halima et al. 1994; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Uysal et al. 2004; Laamari et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012; Satar et al. 2014); Aphis hederae Kaltenbach ( Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Aphis idaei van der Goot ( Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis intybi Koch ( Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach ( Al-Azawi 1970; Starý 1976; Laamari et al. 2012); Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a – as Aphis zizyphi Theobald ); Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe ( Al-Azawi 1970; Starý 1976; Ben Halima et al. 1994; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005); Aphis potentillae Nevsky ( Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Aphis punicae Passerini ( Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004); Aphis ruborum (Börner) ( Starý 1976; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a; Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004); Aphis solanella Theobald ( Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Aphis umbrella (Börner) ( Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Aphis urticata Gmelin ( Güz & Kilinçer 2005); Aphis vallei Hille Ris Lambers & Stroyan ( Starý 1976; Güz & Kilinçer 2005); Aphis verbasci Schrank ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a; Starý et al. 2000; Talebi et al. 2009; Rakhshani et al. 2012b; Barahoei et al. 2013); Aulacorthum sp. ( Starý 1979); Brachycaudus amygdalinus (Schouteden) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a) ; Brachycaudus cardui (L.) ( Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) ( Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Nazari et al. 2012; Satar et al. 2014); Brachyunguis skafi Remaudière & Talhouk ( Starý et al. 2000); Dysaphis crataegi (Kaltenbach) ; Dysaphis foeniculus (Theobald) ( Güz & Kilinçer 2005) ; Ephedraphis ephedrae (Nevsky) ( Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000); Hyadaphis foeniculi (Passerini) ( Tremblay et al. 1985) ; Hyperomyzus lactucae (L.) (?) ( Barahoei et al. 2013); Macrosiphoniella tapuskae (Hottes & Frison) (?) ( Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2011); Melanaphis sp. ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) ( Ben Halima et al. 1994; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Protaphis sp. ( Starý 1979); Uroleucon sp. (?) ( Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013).

Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa

Algeria ( Starý 1976; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Iran ( Starý 1979; Aghajanzadeh et al. 1995; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2005a; Rakhshani et al. 2007b; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2012b; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Egypt ( Mackauer & Starý 1967; Starý 1976); Iraq ( Starý 1969a, 1976, 1979; Al-Azawi 1970; Starý & Kaddou 1971); Israel ( Rosen 1967, 1969; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a); Lebanon ( Abou-Fakhr 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Tunisia ( Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993, 2005; Ben Halima et al. 1994); Turkey ( Starý 1976; Uysal et al. 2004; Eastern part – Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Aslan et al. 2004; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Satar et al. 2014; Akar & Erdoğan 2017); UAE ( Starý et al. 2013).

General distribution

Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Oriental.

Remarks

Mescheloff & Rosen (1990a) described Lysiphlebus marismortui from Israel. Based on the original description of this species, which is very closely related to Lysiphlebus confusus , and the fact that Lysiphlebus confusus exhibits major morphological variability ( Tomanović et al. 2018), we believe that Lysiphlebus marismortui falls as a synonym of Lysiphlebus confusus .

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Figs 31–44. Antenna (♀): 31. Ephedrus cerasicola. 32. Ephedrus helleni. 33. Ephedrus niger. 34. Ephedrus persicae. 35. Ephedrus plagiator. 36. Lipolexis gracilis. 37. Lysiphlebus cardui. 38. Lysiphlebus confusus. 39. Lysiphlebus desertorum. 40. Lysiphlebus fabarum. 41. Lysiphlebus fritzmuelleri. 42. Lysiphlebus testaceipes. 43. Monoctonia pistaciaecola. 44. Monoctonia vesicarii.

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Figs115–128. Forewing(♀):115. Binodoxysheraclei.116.Diaeretiellarapae. 117. Diaeretusleucopterus. 118. Ephedrus cerasicola. 119. Ephedrus chaitophori. 120. Ephedrus helleni. 121. Ephedrus lacertosus. 122. Ephedrus nacheri. 123. Ephedrus niger. 124. Ephedrus persicae. 125. Ephedrus plagiator. 126. Lipolexis gracilis. 127. Lysiphlebus cardui. 128. Lysiphlebus confusus.

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Figs 224–239. Dorsal aspect of mesonotum (♀): 224. Ephedrus lacertosus. 225. Ephedrus nacheri. 226. Ephedrus niger. 227. Ephedrus persicae. 228. Ephedrus plagiator. 229. Lipolexis gracilis. 230. Lysiphlebus cardui. 231. Lysiphlebus confusus. 232. Lysiphlebus desertorum. 233. Lysiphlebus fabarum. 234. Lysiphlebus fritzmuelleri. 235. Lysiphlebus testaceipes. 236. Monoctonia pistaciaecola. 237. Monoctonia vesicarii. 238. Monoctonus crepidis. 239. Monoctonus mali.

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Figs 317–331. Dorsal aspect of propodeum (♀): 317. Ephedrus cerasicola. 318. Ephedrus chaitophori. 319. Ephedrus helleni. 320. Ephedrus lacertosus. 321. Ephedrus nacheri. 322. Ephedrus niger. 323. Ephedrus persicae. 324. Ephedrus plagiator. 325. Lipolexis gracilis. 326. Lysiphlebus cardui. 327. Lysiphlebus confusus. 328. Lysiphlebus desertorum. 329. Lysiphlebus fabarum. 330. Lysiphlebus fritzmuelleri. 331. Lysiphlebus testaceipes.

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Figs 425–449. Dorsal aspect of petiole (♀): 425. Ephedrus plagiator. 426. Lipolexis gracilis. 427. Lysiphlebus cardui. 428. Lysiphlebus confusus. 429. Lysiphlebus desertorum. 430. Lysiphlebus fabarum. 431. Lysiphlebus fritzmuelleri. 432. Lysiphlebus testaceipes. 433. Monoctonia pistaciaecola. 434. Monoctonia vesicarii. 435. Monoctonus crepidis. 436. Monoctonus mali. 437. Pauesia abietis. 438. Pauesia anatolica. 439. Pauesia antennata. 440. Pauesia cedrobii. 441. Pauesia hazratbalensis. 442. Pauesia picta. 443. Pauesia pini. 444. Pauesia silana. 445. Pauesia unilachni. 446. Praon abjectum. 447. Praon absinthii. 448. Praon athenaeum. 449. Praon barbatum.

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Figs 500–509. Lateral aspect of hind femur in Adialytus and Lysiphlebus species (♀): 500. Adialytus ambiguus. 501. Adialytus salicaphis. 502. Adialytus thelaxis. 503. Adialytus veronicaecola. 504. Lysiphlebus cardui. 505. Lysiphlebus confusus. 506. Lysiphlebus desertorum. 507. Lysiphlebus fabarum. 508. Lysiphlebus fritzmuelleri. 509. Lysiphlebus testaceipes.

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Figs 563–580. Lateral aspect of ♀ genitalia: 563. Lipolexis gracilis. 564. Lysiphlebus cardui. 565. Lysiphlebus confusus. 566. Lysiphlebus desertorum. 567. Lysiphlebus fabarum. 568. Lysiphlebus fritzmuelleri. 569. Lysiphlebus testaceipes. 570. Monoctonia pistaciaecola. 571. Monoctonia vesicarii. 572. Monoctonus crepidis. 573. Monoctonus mali. 574. Pauesia abietis. 575. Pauesia anatolica. 576. Pauesia antennata. 577. Pauesia cedrobii. 578. Pauesia hazratbalensis. 579. Pauesia picta. 580. Pauesia pini.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

SubFamily

Aphidiinae

Genus

Lysiphlebus