Aphidius absinthii Marshall

Rakhshani, Ehsan, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Starý, Petr, ‚, Tomanovi, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G. & Manzari, Shahab, 2008, A review of Aphidius Nees (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran: host associations, distribution and taxonomic notes, Zootaxa 1767, pp. 37-54 : 40

Aphidius absinthii Marshall ( Figs. 1 , 7 , 24, 41, 61)

Macrosiphoniella abrotani (Walker) on Artemisia annua , ‡Rasht-Lashtelesha, 11 May 2005 (9♀ 11♂); Rezwanshahr, 7 July 2005 (15♀ 12♂); * Macrosiphoniella artemisiae (Boyer de Fonscolombe) on †† Artemisia absinthium, Rasht , 3 May 2004 (18♀ 16♂); ‡Rostamabad, 3 May 2004 (3♀ 2♂); Macrosiphoniella oblonga (Mordvilko) on A. annua , ‡Tutkabon, 2 October 2004 (8♀ 5♂); ‡Rasht-Shalman, 7 June 2005 (6♀ 8♂).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Head and mouthparts of Aphidius species. 1, A. absinthii; 2, A. cingulatus; 3, A. colemani; 4, A. matricariae; 5, A. persicus; 6, A. transcaspicus. Scale bars = 150 micrometers.

FIGURES 7–23. First (F1), second (F2), penultimate and terminal flagellomeres of Aphidius species. 7, A. absinthii; 8, A. cingulatus; 9, A. colemani; 10, A. eadyi; 11, A. ervi; 12, A. funebris; 13, A. matricariae; 14, A. persicus; 15, A. popovi; 16, A. rhopalosiphi; 17, A. rosae; 18, A. salicis; 19, A. setiger; 20, A. smithi; 21, A. transcaspicus; 22, A. urticae; 23, A. uzbekistanicus. LPl = longitudinal placode. Scale bars = 100 micrometers.