Ephedrus plagiator (Nees)

Akhtar, Mir Samim, Dey, Debjani & Usmani, Mohd. Kamil, 2011, A catalogue of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from India, Insecta Mundi 2011 (151), pp. 1-31 : 13

65. Ephedrus plagiator (Nees)

Bracon plagiator Nees, 1811: 17 .

Aphidius parcicornis Nees, 1834: 16 .

Ephedrus japonicus Ashmead, 1906: 187 .

Host. Acyrthosiphon pisum on Pisum sativum ( Agarwala et al. 1980; Subhrani et al. 2006); Aphis craccivora on Dolichos lablab (Subhrani et al. 2006) ; A. citricola on Bidens pilosa (Rao et al. 1969) ; A. fabae on Urtica sp. (Saha et al. 1982); A. gossypii (Rao et al. 1969; Stary and Ghosh 1978) on Tagetes erecta (Singh et al. 1999) , Spiraea sp. (Stary and Ghosh 1978); A. spiraecola on Spiraea sp., Brachycaudus helichrysi on Gynura crepidiodes (Stary and Ghosh 1978) ; Ceratovacuna silvestrii on Saccharum officinarum (Raychaudhuri et al. 1979) ; Hyperomyzus carduellinus (Theobald) on Emilia sonchifolia (Saha et al. 1982) ; Lipaphis erysimi on Brasicea oleracea var. capitata (Subhrani et al. 2006) ; Myzus persicae on Solanum tuberosum Agarwala et al. 1980 ); S. nigrum ( Agarwala 1983b) , Brassica oleracea (Raychaudhuri et al. 1979) ; Antirrhihum majus and Phlox (Stary and Ghosh 1978) ; Prociphilus sp. on Lonicera quinquelocularis ( Bhagat 1982a) ; Macrosiphum rosaeiformis on Rosa sp. ( Agarwala et al. 1980); Macrosiphum rosae on Rosa cania (Raychaudhuri et al. 1978) , Tetraneura sp. on Ailantus altissma ( Bhagat 1982a) .

Distribution. Bihar (Stary and Ghosh 1983); Himachal Pradesh (Saha et al. 1982); Jammu and Kashmir ( Bhagat 1982a; Rishi 1976); Manipur (Subhrani et al. 2006); Meghalaya (Stary and Ghosh 1978, 1983); Sikkim ( Agarwala et al. 1980; Raychaudhuri et al. 1979; Stary and Ghosh 1983); Uttar Pradesh (Singh et al. 1999); West Bengal ( Agarwala 1983b; Rao et al. 1969; Raychaudhuri et al. 1978, 1979).