Aphidius transcaspicus Telenga, 1958

Figs 22, 105, 208, 304, 405, 496, 542

Material examined

SAUDI ARABIA • 9 ♀♀, 1 ♂; Abha; May 2013; Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) on Prunus armeniaca; Z. Ahmed leg. (DPPZ) .

Host records

Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach (?) (Starý & Kaddou 1971 – as Aphis zizyphi Theobald); Brachycaudus amygdalinus (Schouteden) (?) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b); Hyalopterus amygdali (Blanchard) (Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Rakhshani 2012; Jafari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Erkin 1983; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b – as Aphidius magdae n.sp.; Mokhtari et al. 2000; Starý et al. 2000; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Lozier et al. 2008; Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2012b; Jafari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Tomanović et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013; Ayadi et al. 2017); Melanaphis donacis (Passerini) (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Barahoei et al. 2014).

Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa

Algeria (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Iran (Starý et al. 2000; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2012b; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Egypt (Lozier et al. 2008); Iraq (Al-Rawy et al. 1969; Starý 1969a, 1969c; Starý & Kaddou 1971); Israel (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Lozier et al. 2008); Morocco (Lozier et al. 2008); Tunisia (Lozier et al. 2008; Ben Halima et al. 2013; Ayadi et al. 2017); Turkey (Uysal et al. 2004; Eastern part – Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Lozier et al. 2008; Western part – Aslan et al. 2004; Erkin 1983; Erdoğan et al. 2008).

General distribution

Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Nearctic (imported), Oriental.