Aphelinus abdominalis ( Dalman, 1820 )

Japoshvili, G. & Abrantes, I., 2006, Aphelinus species (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from the Iberian Peninsula, with the description of one new species from Portugal, Journal of Natural History 40 (13 - 14), pp. 855-862 : 857

Aphelinus abdominalis ( Dalman, 1820)

Material examined Portugal: 31 March 2005, G. Japoshvili; 1♀, Coimbra , 1 April 2005, G. Japoshvili (MZUC,

Museum of Zoology, University of Coimbra); 2♀, Alentejo, 12 April 2005, G. Japoshvili; 1♀, Coimbra , 7 April 2005, G. Japoshvili (IZGAS, Institute of Zoology, Georgian Academy of Sciences ) .

Distribution

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Channel Islands (British Is), Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, France, Georgia, Hungary, India, Ireland, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain (incl. Canary Islands), Switzerland, Yugoslavia (Federal Republic), Sweden, South Africa, UK and Zimbabwe ( Noyes 2005).

Hosts

Acyrthosiphon caraganae , A. papaverinum , A. pisum , Acyrthosiphon sp. , Aphis craccivora , A. fabae , A. gossypii , A. spiraecola , A. viburni , Aphis sp. , Corylobium avellanae , Dysaphis reaumuri , Ericaphis sp. , Hyalopterus arundinis , H. pruni , Lipaphis erysimi , Macrosiphoniella pulvera , Macrosiphum euphorbiae , M. funestum , M. rosae , Macrosiphum sp. , Metopolophium dirhodum , Myzus ascalonicus , M. persicae , Myzus sp. , Neomyzus sp. , Rhopalosiphum maidis , R. padi , Schizaphis graminum , Sitobion avenae , Thelaxes dryophila , Toxoptera aurantii , T. graminum , and Wahlgreniella ossiannilssoni ( Hemiptera : Aphididae ) ( Noyes 2005).