Identification key, diversity and host associations of parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of aphids attacking cereal crops in Egypt

Abstract

In the present study, a total of eleven Aphidiinae parasitoid species belonging to six genera (Aphidius Nees, Binodoxys Mackauer, Diaeretiella Starý, Ephedrus Haliday, Lysiphlebus Foerster and Praon Haliday) were recorded from three aphid species [Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch), Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) and Sitobium avenae (F.)] feeding on four cereal plants (Avena sativa L., Hordeum vulgare L., Triticum aestivum L. and Zea mays L.) in Egypt. An illustrated key of the recorded aphidiines, the tritrophic (parasitoid-aphid-plant) associations and their distribution in the target area are also provided. Among the emerged parasitoids, Aphidius ervi Haliday is a new record for the fauna of Egypt. Aphidius transcaspicus Telenga and Binodoxys angelicae (Haliday) are reported for the first time to be associated with aphids infesting cereals in Egypt.

Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations

“…Algeria Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Egypt (Gadallah et al 2017); Iran Starý et al 2000;Rakhshani et al 2006aRakhshani et al , 2008aRakhshani et al , 2008bRakhshani et al , 2012b; Iraq (Al-Azawi 1970;); Israel (Bodenheimer & Swirski 1957;Avidov & Harpaz 1969;); Lebanon Marsh 1977;Tremblay et al 1985;; Morocco (Mimeur 1934;Eady 1969;González et al 1978); Palestine (Samara & Qubbaj 2012); Tunisia (Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993;Ayadi et al 2017); Turkey (Eastern part -Elmali & Toros 1994;Gülçlü & Özbek 2002;Central part -Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983;Uysal et al 2004;Erdoğan et al 2008;Western part -Akar & Erdoğan 2017); UAE (Starý et al 2013); Yemen (Starý et al 2013).…”

“…Algeria Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Egypt (Ibrahim 1990a(Ibrahim , 1990bEl-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001;Abdel-Samad & Ahmed 2009;El-Ghiet et al 2014;Gadallah et al 2017); Iran Starý et al 2000;Rakhshani et al 2008aRakhshani et al , 2008bRakhshani et al 2012b;Barahoei et al 2012); Iraq ); Israel (Schlinger & Mackauer 1963;Rosen 1967Rosen , 1969Avidov & Kotter 1966;Avidov & Harpaz 1969;); Lebanon (Abou-Fakhr 1982;Hussein & Kawar 1984;Tremblay et al 1985;; Saudi Arabia (Ahmad & Bakr 2013); Tunisia (Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993;Ben Halima et al 1994;Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005;Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011;Ayadi et al 2017); Turkey Uysal et al 2004;Eastern part -Karaat & Goven 1986;Central part -Aslan et al 2004;Satar et al 2014;Western part -Erkin 1983;Erdoğan et al 2008;Barjadze et al 2010;Havelka et al 2011;Akar & Erdoğan 2017); UAE (Starý et al 2013); Yemen (Starý et al 2013).…”

“…Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (Starý et al 2000;Uysal et al 2004;Laamari et al , 2016; Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (Rakhshani et al 2008a(Rakhshani et al , 2008b; Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) (Ghanim & El-Adl 1983;El-Serafy 1999;Gadallah et al 2017); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Ghanim & El-Adl 1983;El-Serafy 1999;Starý et al 2000;Uysal et al 2004;Rakhshani et al 2008aRakhshani et al , 2008bChaouche & Laamari 2015), Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Ghanim & El-Adl 1983;El-Serafy 1999;Rakhshani et al 2008aRakhshani et al , 2008b; Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) (Ghanim & El-Adl 1983;Darvish-Mojeni 1994;El-Serafy 1999;Starý et al 2000;Rakhshani et al 2008aRakhshani et al , 2008bMossadegh et al 2011;Gadallah et al 2017)…”

“…Algeria Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Egypt (Ghanim & El-Adl 1983;El-Serafy 1999;Gadallah et al 2017); Iran (Darvish-Mojeni 1994;Starý et al 2000;Rakhshani et al 2008aRakhshani et al , 2008bMossadegh et al 2011;); Israel (Starý 1981b); Turkey (Central part - Uysal et al 2004).…”

“…Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (Zareh et al 1995;Starý et al 2000); Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) Aslan et al 2004;Uysal et al 2004;Rakhshani et al 2008aRakhshani et al , 2008b; Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) (Ibrahim 1990a;El-Serafy 1999;Starý et al 2000;Uysal et al 2004;Gadallah et al 2017); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) Ibrahim 1990a;El-Serafy 1999;Starý et al 2000;Sertkaya & Yigit 2002;Aslan et al 2004;Uysal et al 2004;Rakhshani et al 2008aRakhshani et al , 2008bGadallah et al 2017); Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Ibrahim 1990a;El-Serafy 1999;Starý et al 2000;Uysal et al 2004;Rakhshani et al 2008aRakhshani et al , 2008b; Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) Darvish-Mojeni & Bayat-Asadi 1995;El-Serafy 1999;Starý et al 2000;Sertkaya & Yigit 2002;Uysal et al 2004;Rakhshani et al 2008aRakhshani et al , 2008bRakhshani et al , 2012bGadallah et al 2017); Sitobion fragariae (Walker) .…”