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Aphidius matricariae Haliday 1834

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Aphidius matricariae Haliday, 1834

Material examined: 10♀, GIza (on T. aestivum / S. avenae), 8.iii.2008 (leg. Samar); 5♀, Giza (on A. sativa / R. padi), 26.iii.2012 (leg. Samar); 32♀, 3♂, Giza (on A. sativa / R. padi), 18–27.ii. 2013 (leg. Samar); 1♀, Giza (on T. aestivum / S. avenae), 18.iii.2013 (leg. Samar); 4♀, Giza (on A. sativa / R. padi), 19.ii. 2014 (leg. Samar); 35♀, Giza (on T. aestivum / S. avenae), 19.ii.2014 (leg. Samar); 3♀, 1♂, Giza (on T. aestivum / S. avenae), 6–20.III.2014 (leg. Samar); 5♀, Giza (on A. sativa / R. padi), 20.iii.2014 (leg. Samar); 2♀, 1♂, Qalubia (on A. sativa / S. avenae), 28.iii.2015 (leg. Samar); 1♀, Giza (on T. aestivum / S. avenae), 5.Iv.2015 (leg. Samar).

Previous records from cereal fields in Egypt: GIza (T. aestivum / R. maidis) (IbrahIm 1990a, b; IbrahIm & AfIfI 1991), Upper Egypt, MIddle Egypt, Delta, New Valley (T. aestivum / R. maidis, R. padi, S. graminum and S. avenae) (El-HeneIdy et al. 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003), BenI-Suef, and Kafr El-SheIkh (T. aestivum / R. maidis, R.

maidis and S. graminum) (El-HeneIdy & Abdel-Samad 2001), GIza (H. vulgare) (El-FatIh 2006), Mansoura- DakahlIa (T. aestivum / R. maidis, R. padi, S. graminum, and S. avenae), ZagazIg (no further data are provIded) (Megahed 2000), Upper Egypt-AssIut (T. aestivum / R. maidis, R. padi, and S. graminum) (Abdel-Rahman 2005), Upper Egypt-Sohag (T. aestivum / R. maidis, R. padi, S. avenae, S. graminum) (Slman 2006).

Notes

Published as part of Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., 2017, Identification key, diversity and host associations of parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of aphids attacking cereal crops in Egypt, pp. 143-154 in Zootaxa 4312 (1) on pages 145-146, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/852136

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Haliday
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Braconidae
Genus
Aphidius
Species
matricariae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Aphidius matricariae Haliday, 1834 sec. Kavallieratos, 2017

References

  • Ibrahim, A. M. A. (1990 a) Corn leaf aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis (F.) (Hom., Aphididae) on wheat and associated primary parasitoids and hyperparasitoids. Bulletin of Entomological Society of Egypt, 69, 149 ¯ 157.
  • Ibrahim, A. M. A. (1990 b) Population dynamics of bird cherry-aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi L. (Hom.: Aphididae) and its primary parasiotids and hyperparasitoids association on wheat in Egypt. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt, 69, 137 ¯ 147.
  • Ibrahim, A. M. A. & Afifi, A. I. (1991) The relationship between cereal aphids and aphidophagous syrphids, coccinellids and chrysopids on wheat and barley in Egypt. Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, 42 (1), 151 ¯ 166.
  • El-Heneidy, A. H & Abdel-Samad, S. S. (2001) Tritrophic interactions among Egyptian wheat plant, cereal aphids and natural enemies. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 11, 119 ¯ 125.
  • El-Fatih, M. M. (2006) Seasonal abundance and certain biological aspects on cereal aphids on barley in Egypt (Giza region). Ph. D. Thesis, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, 146 pp.
  • Megahed, H. E. A. (2000) Studies on aphids. Ph. D. Thesis, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 206 pp.
  • Abdel-Rahman, M. A. A. (2005) Ecological studies on cereal aphids and their control in Sohag governorate. Ph. D. Thesis, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Asyut, 171 pp.
  • Slman, F. A. A. (2006) Incidence of cereal aphids and seasonal abundance of their parasitoids in wheat fields in Sohag (Upper Egypt). Assiut Journal of Agricultural Science, 37, 211 ¯ 220.