Praon yomenae Takada, 1968

Figs 61, 163, 263, 362, 463, 600

Material examined

SAUDI ARABIA • 1 ♂; Abha; May 2013; Uroleucon sp. on Sonchus oleraceus • 5 ♀♀; Abha-Mahala College campus; Nov. 2012; Uroleucon sp. on Sonchus oleraceus; Z. Ahmad leg. (DPPZ).

Host records

Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (?) (Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (?) (Gülçlü & Özbek 2002; Uysal et al. 2004); Uroleucon acroptilidis Kadyrbekov, Renxin & Shao (Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013); Uroleucon aeneum Hille Ris Lambers (Laamari et al. 2012); Uroleucon carthami (Hille Ris Lambers) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988 – as Praon dorsale; Barahoei et al. 2013); Uroleucon cichorii (Koch) (Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013); Uroleucon chondrillae (Nevsky) (Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Nazari et al. 2012); Uroleucon compositae (Theobald) (Rakhshani et al. 2007a); Uroleucon jaceae (L.) (Güz & Kilinçer 2005 – as Praon dorsale; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Uroleucon picridis (Fabricius) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988 – as Praon dorsale); Uroleucon sonchi (L.) (Starý & Sekkat 1987; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988 – as Praon dorsale; Tomanović et al. 2003; Kavallieratos et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2007a, 2012b; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013); Uroleucon tortuosissimae Rezwani & Lampel (Barahoei et al. 2013).

Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa

Algeria (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Iran (Rakhshani et al. 2007a, 2012b; Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013; Nazari et al. 2012); Israel (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Morocco (Starý & Sekkat 1987); Turkey (Eastern part – Gülçlü & Özbek 2002; Tomanović et al. 2003; Central part – Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Erdoğan et al. 2008; Western part – Kavallieratos et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Akar & Erdoğan 2017); Yemen (Starý et al. 2013).

General distribution

Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Oriental.

Remarks

All records for Praon dorsale (Haliday 1833) associated with Uroleucon aphids in the Middle East and North Africa refer to Praon yomenae . Record of P. yomenae on Acyrthosiphon pisum (Chaouche & Laamari 2015), is probably referring to a misidentification of Praon barbatum Mackauer, which is very similar to P. yomane .