Aphaereta minuta Nees 1811
Description
Aphaereta minuta (Nees, 1811)
Distribution in Iran. Isfahan (Ghahari et al. 2011c as Asobara minuta; Khajeh et al. 2014), Tehran (Khajeh et al. 2014).
Distribution outside Iran. Widely distributed and frequent to common in the Palaearctic region (Papp 2007a), and almost all of Europe (Fischer 1973a). Austria, Azores, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Juan Fernandez Islands, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and Uzbekistan (Yu et al. 2012), Greece (Papp 2007a as Asobora minuta; Yu et al. 2012), Korea (2007b; Yu et al. 2012), Madeira Islands (van Achterberg and Aguiar 2009; Yu et al. 2012), Russia (Lelej 2012; Yu et al. 2012), Serbia (Žikić et al. 2000; Yu et al. 2012), Spain (Docavo et al 1985, Tormos 1987; Yu et al. 2012), United Kingdom (Broad et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2012).
Host records. This species is reported as a polyphagous gregarious larval-pupal parasitoid of fly species of different size ranges from small Drosophilidae to large Calliphoridae, whose larvae feed on ephemeral food sources such as decaying plant and animal material (Sychevskaya 1964; Vet and van Alphen 1985; Vet et al. 1993). Recorded as a parasitoid of Lucilia sericata and Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) (Evans 1933; Fischer 1973a). In Iran, it has been reared from the pupa of Diptera, ex snails (Khajeh et al. 2014). In Spain, it has also been reported as a parasitoid of Lucilia sericata (Docavo et al. 1985; Tormos 1987). Lelej (2012) reported the following dipteran genera as hosts to this species: Scatophaga (Scatophagidae), Calliphora and Lucilia (Calliphoridae), Bercaea, Parasarcophaga, Pterella and Ravinia (Sarcophagidae), Delia, Pegohylemyia and Peregle (Anthomyiidae), Ceratitis (Tephretidae), Hebecnema (Muscidae), Psila (Psilidae), Orygma (Sepsidae), Phytomyza (Agromyzidae) and Eumerus (Syrphidae).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Braconidae
- Genus
- Aphaereta
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Nees
- Species
- minuta
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Aphaereta minuta Nees, 1811 sec. Gadallah, Ghahari, Peris-Felipo & Fischer, 2015
References
- Papp, J. (2007 a) Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from Greece, 6. Notes fauniques de Gembloux, 60 (3), 99 - 127.
- Fischer, M. (1973 a) Alysiini aus dem Land Salzburg, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. Paul Peter Babiy (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). A nnali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria, 79, 235 - 270.
- Yu D. S., Achterberg, C. van & Horstman, K. (2012) Taxapad 2012, Ichneumonoidea 2011. Database on flash-drive. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- Achterberg, C. van & Aguilar, A. M. (2009) Additions to the fauna of Braconidae from Madeira and Selvagens Islands, with the description of five new species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Homolobinae, Alysiinae, Opiinae). Zoologische Mededelingen, 83 (4), 777 - 797.
- Lelej, A. (2012) Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russia Far East, Volume I. Hymenoptera. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 635 pp.
- Zikic, V., Brajkovic, M. & Tomanovic, Z. (2000) Preliminary results of braconid fauna research (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) found in Sicevo Gorge, Serbia. Acta entomologica serbica, 5 (1 / 2), 95 - 110.
- Docavo, I., Jimenez, R. & Tormos, J. (1985) Aportacions Al coneixement Dels Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) d'Espanya. I. Butlleti de la Institucio Catalana d'Historia Natural, 52 (Sec. Zoology, 6), 161 - 167.
- Tormos, J. (1987) Aportaciones al conocimiento de los Alysiini (Hym., Braconidae) de Espana. (III). Boletin Asociacion Espanola Entomologia, 11, 321 - 323.
- Broad, G. R., Shaw, M. R. & Godfray, H. C. J. (2012) Checklist of British and Irish Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Available from: http: // www. nhm. ac. uk / resources-rx / files / braconidae-checklist-for-web- 34139. pdf (accessed 17 September 2014)
- Sychevskaya, V. I. (1964) Hymenopterous parasites of synantrophic flies in Soviet Central Asia. Entomological Review, 45, 199 - 206.
- Vet, L. E. M. & Alphen, J. M. van (1985) A comparative functional approach to the host detection behavior of parasitic wasps. 1. A qualitative study on Eucoilidae and Alysiinae. Oikas, 44, 478 - 486. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 3565789
- Vet, L. E. M., Datema, A., Welzen, K. van & Snellen, H. (1993) Clutch size in a larval-pupal endoparasitoid. 1. Variation across and within host species. Oecologia, 95, 410 - 415. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / bf 00320996
- Evans, A. C. (1933) Comparative observations on the morphology and biology of some hymenopterous parasites of carrioninfesting Diptera. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 24, 385 - 405. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / s 0007485300031710