Ephedrus persicae Froggatt, 1904

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 : 29-30

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Ephedrus persicae Froggatt, 1904 View in CoL

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Material examined

SAUDI ARABIA • 1 ♂; Raidah ; Apr. 2011; net sweeping; Z. Ahmad leg. ( DPPZ) .

Host records

Absinthaphis sp. ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Acyrthosiphon malvae (Mosley) ( Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) ( Laamari et al. 2011) ; Aphis affinis del Guercio ( Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe ( Rosen 1967, 1969; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Yoldaş et al. 2011); Aphis brunnea Ferrari , Aphis chloris Koch ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Aphis craccivora Koch ( Mackauer 1963; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2005a, 2006a; Žikić et al. 2009; Laamari et al. 2011; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Nazari et al. 2012); Aphis epilobiaria Theobald ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Aphis fabae Scopoli ( Al-Azawi 1970; Starý 1976, 1979; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Uysal et al. 2004; Žikić et al. 2009; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis fabae cirsiiacanthoidis Scopoli ( Uysal et al. 2004); Aphis gossypii Glover ( Al-Azawi 1970; Starý 1976; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Uysal et al. 2004; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Satar et al. 2014; Ayadi et al. 2017); Aphis hederae Kaltenbach , Aphis intybi Koch ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe ( Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2014); Aphis plantaginis Goeze ( Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis pomi De Geer ( Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Aphis punicae Passerini ( Mackauer 1963; Starý & Sekkat 1987; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Starý et al. 2000; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Aphis ruborum (Börner) ( Starý 1976; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Aphis solanella Theobald ( Tremblay et al. 1985); Aphis umbrella (Börner) ( Starý 1976; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou- Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Aphis verbasci Schrank , Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1988 – as Aphis zizyphi Theobald ); Brachycaudus amygdalinus (Schouteden) ( Bodenheimer & Swirski 1957; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Starý & Sekkat 1987; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Uysal et al. 2004; Talebi et al. 2009; Žikić et al. 2009; Jafari et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2012b); Brachycaudus cardui (L.) ( Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Žikić et al. 2009); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) ( Starý 1979; Erkin 1983; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Žikić et al. 2009; Laamari et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Satar et al. 2014); Brachyunguis tamaricis (Lichtenstein) ( Starý 1976, 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Laamari et al. 2012); Cavariella aegopodii (Scopoli) ; Cavariella theobaldi (Gillette & Bragg) ( Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) ( Starý et al. 2000) ; Dysaphis crataegi (Kaltenbach) ( Talhouk 1961; Starý 1976; Starý et al. 2000); Dysaphis devecta (Walker) ( Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Žikić et al. 2009); Dysaphis foeniculus (Theobald) ( Talebi et al. 2009) ; Dysaphis plantaginea (Passerini) ( Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Erkin 1983; Hussein & Kawar 1984 – as Dysaphis mali (Ferrari) ; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Dysaphis pyri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) ( Mackauer 1963; Erkin 1983; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Žikić et al. 2009; Rakhshani 2012); Dysaphis reaumuri (Mordvilko) ( Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Eulachnus tuberculostemmatus (Theobald) (?) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Hayhurstia atriplicis (L.) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Barahoei et al. 2013); Hyadaphis coriandri (Das) ( Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2014); Hyadaphis foeniculi (Passerini) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1988) ; Hyalopterus amygdali (Blanchard) ( Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Jafari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) ( Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Erkin 1983; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Uysal et al. 2004; Aslan & Karaca 2005); Macchiatiella rhamni (Boyer de Fonscolombe) ( Abou-Fakhr 1982; Abou- Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Melanaphis donacis (Passerini) ( Mescheloff & Rosen 1988) ; Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) ( Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2008b); Myzus cerasi (Fabricius) ( Erkin 1983; Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Žikić et al. 2009; Rakhshani 2012); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) ( Starý 1974; Erkin 1983; Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Karaat & Goven 1986; Uysal et al. 2004; Talebi et al. 2009; Žikić et al. 2009; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Hasan 2016); Phorodon humuli (Schrank) ( Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) ( Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976, 1979; Gärdenfors 1986; Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) ( Starý 1979; Gärdenfors 1986; Özder & Toros 1999; Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Gadallah et al. 2017); Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) ( Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Žikić et al. 2009; Rakhshani et al. 2012b); Sipha maydis Passerini (?) ( Starý et al. 2000); Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) ( Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Barahoei et al. 2013; Gadallah et al. 2017).

Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa

Algeria ( Starý 1976; Gärdenfors 1986; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Egypt ( Gärdenfors, 1986; El- Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002, 2003; El-Ghiet et al. 2014); Iran ( Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2005a, 2006a, 2008b, 2012b; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Iraq ( Al-Azawi 1970; Starý 1976; Žikić et al. 2009); Israel ( Rosen 1967, 1969; Bodenheimer & Swirski 1957; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1974, 1976; Gärdenfors, 1986; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Jordan ( Hasan 2016); Lebanon ( Talhouk 1961; Mackauer & Starý 1967; Starý 1974, 1976; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985); Libya ( Starý 1976); Morocco ( Starý & Sekkat 1987); Syria ( Starý 1974, 1976); Tunisia ( Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Ayadi et al. 2017); Turkey ( Uysal et al. 2004; Eastern part – Karaat & Goven 1986; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Central part – Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Aslan et al. 2004; Satar et al. 2014; Western part – Erkin 1983; Özder & Toros 1999; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Žikić et al. 2009; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Akar & Erdoğan 2017); UAE ( Starý et al. 2013); Yemen ( Starý et al. 2013).

General distribution

Cosmopolitan.

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Figures

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.

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.

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.

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.

Figs 400–424. Dorsal aspect of petiole (♀): 400. Aphidius salicis. 401. Aphidius setiger. 402. Aphidius smithi. 403. Aphidius sonchi. 404. Aphidius stigmaticus. 405. Aphidius transcaspicus. 406. Aphidius uroleuci. 407. Aphidius urticae. 408. Aphidius uzbekistanicus. 409. Areopraon lepelleyi. 410. Betuloxys hortorum. 411. Binodoxys acalephae. 412. Binodoxys angelicae. 413. Binodoxys brevicornis. 414. Binodoxys centaureae. 415. Binodoxys heraclei. 416. Diaeretiellarapae. 417. Diaeretusleucopterus. 418. Ephedrus cerasicola. 419. Ephedrus chaitophori. 420. Ephedrus helleni. 421. Ephedrus lacertosus. 422. Ephedrus nacheri. 423. Ephedrus niger. 424. Ephedrus persicae.

Figs 546–562. Lateral aspect of ♀ genitalia: 546. Areopraon lepelleyi. 547. Betuloxys hortorum. 548. Binodoxys acalephae. 549. Binodoxys angelicae. 550. Binodoxys brevicornis. 551. Binodoxys centaureae. 552. Binodoxys heraclei. 553. Diaeretiella rapae. 554. Diaeretus leucopterus. 555. Ephedrus cerasicola. 556. Ephedrus chaitophori. 557. Ephedrus helleni. 558. Ephedrus lacertosus. 559. Ephedrus nacheri. 560. Ephedrus niger. 561. Ephedrus persicae. 562. Ephedrus plagiator.