Praon absinthii Bignell, 1894

Rakhshani, Ehsan, Tomanović, Željko, Starý, Petr, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Ilić, Marijana, Stanković, Saša S. & Rajabi-Mazhar, Noorali, 2011, Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Macrosiphoniella aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in the western Palaearctic region, Journal of Natural History 45 (41 - 42), pp. 2559-2575 : 2570

Praon absinthii Bignell, 1894

( Figures 1C , 2I , 3E , 4G , 5G )

M. absinthii (L.) – Italy ( Starý 1976), Iran ( Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000), Czech Republic ( Starý 2006), Poland ( Wiąckowski et al. 2001); M. artemisiae (Boyer de Fonscolombe) – Georgia ( Starý 1976); M. leucanthemi (Ferrari) – France ( Starý et al. 1973); M. millefolii (de Geer) – Finland (Perniö, 6 July 1946, coll. Heikinheimo), Germany (Berlin, Dahlem, 10 June 1966, coll. Sobhani), Czech Republic ( Starý 2006), Slovakia ( Starý and Lukáš 2009), Russia (Moscow, 17 July 1957, coll. Holman); M. oblonga (Mordvilko) – Iran ( Rakhshani et al. 2007); M. sanborni (Gillette) – Iran ( Rakhshani et al. 2007), Georgia ( Starý 1976); M. staegeri Hille Ris Lambers – France ( Starý et al. 1973); M. tanacetaria (Kaltenbach) – Czech Republic ( Starý 2006), Slovakia ( Starý and Lukáš 2009), Serbia ( Kavallieratos et al. 2004); M. usquertensis Hille Ris Lambers – France ( Starý et al. 1973).

Figures

Figure 1. Head and lateral mesonotal lobe (females). (A) Head of Aphidius absinthii; (B) head of Lysiphlebus fabarum; (C) lateral mesonotal lobe of Praon absinthii; (D) lateral mesonotal lobe of Praon volucre. Scale bars = 150 µ.

Figure 2. Fore wing (females). (A) Aphidius absinthii; (B) Aphidius artemisicola; (C) Aphidius asteris; (D) Aphidius phalangomyzi; (E) Binodoxys centaureae; (F) Ephedrus niger; (G) Lysiphlebus confusus; (H) Lysiphlebus fabarum; (I) Praon absinthii; (J) Praon unitum; (K) Praon volucre; (L) Trioxys pannonicus. Scale bars = 200µ.

Figure 3. Dorsal aspect of propodeum (females). (A) Aphidius absinthii; (B) Aphidius artemisicola; (C) Aphidius phalangomyzi; (D) Lysiphlebus fabarum; (E) Praon absinthii; (F) Praon volucre. Scale bars = 100µ.

Figure 4. Dorsal aspect of petiole (females). (A) Aphidius absinthii; (B) Aphidius artemisicola; (C) Aphidius asteris; (D) Aphidius phalangomyzi; (E) Binodoxys centaureae; (F) Lysiphlebus fabarum; (G) Praon absinthii; (H) Praon volucre; (I) Trioxys pannonicus. Scale bars = 100µ.

Figure 5. Lateral aspect of genitalia (females).(A) Aphidius absinthii; (B) Aphidius artemisicola; (C) Aphidius phalangomyzi; (D) Binodoxys centaureae; (E) Ephedrus niger; (F) Lysiphlebus fabarum; (G) Praon absinthii; (H) Praon unitum; (I) Praon volucre; (J) Trioxys pannonicus. Scale bars = 100µ.