Diaeretiella rapae (M’Intosh, 1855) Figs 30, 116, 219, 315, 416, 553 Material examined SAUDI ARABIA • 1 ♀; Abha; agricultural field; 28 Nov. 2012; Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) on Brassica oleracea • 15 ♀♀, 7♂♂; Abha; Nov. 2012; B. brassicae (L.) on Brassica oleracea • 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂; Abha- Mahala College campus; Nov. 2012; on Hordeum • 14 ♀♀, 5♂♂; Abha; May 2013; B. brassicae (L.) on Raphanus sativus • 6 ♀♀; Abha; Jun. 2012; on Trifolium alexandrinum; Z. Ahmed leg. (DPPZ). Host records Amegosiphon platicaudum (Narzikulov) (Nazari et al. 2012); Aphis aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Tremblay et al. 1985); Aphis craccivora Koch (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Rakhshani et al. 2006a; Nazari et al. 2012; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013; Barahoei et al. 2013; Ayadi et al. 2017); Aphis fabae Scopoli (Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Laamari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis gossypii Glover (Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2013; Satar et al. 2014); Aphis illinoisensis Shimer (El-Gantiry et al. 2012); Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Laamari et al. 2012); Aphis punicae Passerini (Nazari et al. 2012); Aphis solanella Theobald, Aphis umbrella (Börner) (Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis spiraecola Patch (Laamari et al. 2012); Aspidaphis adjuvans (Walker) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b); Brachycaudus amygdalinus (Schouteden) (Starý 1979; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Starý et al. 2000); Brachycaudus cardui (L.) (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) (Erkin 1983; Uysal et al. 2004; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) (Talhouk 1961; Hafez 1965; Davatchi & Shojai 1968; Al-Azawi 1970; Starý 1976, 1979; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Kilinçer 1982; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Starý & Sekkat 1987; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Avci & Özbek 1991; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Starý et al. 2000; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Talebi et al. 2009; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2012b; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Capitophorus inulae (Passerini) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b); Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (Starý 1976; González et al. 1992; Ahmadi & Sarafrazi 1993; Elmali & Toros 1994; Zareh et al. 1995; Ahmadi 2000; Starý et al. 2000; Baer et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2008b, 2012b; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Laamari et al. 2016); Dysaphis foeniculus (Theobald) (Ayadi et al. 2017); Dysaphis pyri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Erkin 1983; Uysal et al. 2004); Dysaphis tulipae (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Starý 1976; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Hayhurstia atriplicis (L.) (Starý 1976, 1979; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Starý et al. 2000; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Laamari et al. 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2012b); Hyadaphis coriandri (Das) and Hyadaphis foeniculi (Passerini) (Güz & Kilinçer 2005); Hyadaphis tataricae (Aizenberg) (Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004); Hyperomyzus lactucae (L.) (Güz & Kilinçer 2005); Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Uysal et al. 2004; Mossadegh et al. 2011); Lipaphis lepidii (Nevsky) (Starý et al. 2000; Talebi et al. 2009; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012); Lipaphis pseudobrassicae (Davis) (Barahoei et al. 2013); Lipaphis sp. (Güz & Kilinçer 2005); Macrosiphoniella sanborni (Gillette) (Al-Azawi 1970; Starý 1976); Neomariaella lambersi (Szelegiewicz) (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000); Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (Rakhshani et al. 2008b); Myzus beybienkoi (Narzykulov) (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Avidov & Kotter 1966; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Starý 1979; Erkin 1983; Starý & Sekkat 1987; Hodjat & Moradeshaghi 1988; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Starý et al. 2000; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Laamari et al. 2011; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Jafari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013; Barahoei et al. 2013; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) (Mimeur 1934; Starý 1976, 1979; Starý & Sekkat 1987; El-Heneidy & Attia 1988 /1989; El-Heneidy 1991, 1994; Elmali & Toros 1994; Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Uysal et al. 2004; Slman 2006; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Ayadi et al. 2017); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Hassan 1963; El-Heneidy & Attia 1988 /1989; El-Heneidy 1991, 1994; Starý et al. 2000; El- Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Uysal et al. 2004; Abdel-Rahman 2005; Slman 2006; Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2013); Saltusaphis scirpus Theobald (Starý et al. 2000); Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Bodenheimer & Swirski 1957; Starý 1976, 1979; El-Heneidy & Attia 1988 /1989; El-Heneidy 1991, 1994; Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Abdel-Rahman 2005; Slman 2006; Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2013); Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) (El-Heneidy & Attia 1988 /1989; El-Heneidy 1991, 1994; Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Slman 2006; Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Rakhshani et al. 2012b; Barahoei et al. 2013); Uroleucon sonchi (L.) (?) (Starý & Kaddou 1971). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Algeria (Starý 1976; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Egypt (Hassan 1963; Hafez 1965; Mackauer & Starý 1967; Starý 1976; El-Heneidy & Attia 1988 /1989; El-Heneidy 1991, 1994; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Ragab et al. 2002; Abdel-Rahman 2005; Slman 2006; El-Gantiry et al. 2012); Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2006a, 2012b; Rakhshani 2012; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Iraq (Al-Azawi 1970; Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976); Israel (Bodenheimer & Swirski 1957; Avidov & Kotter 1966; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b); Jordan (Baer et al. 2004); Lebanon (Talhouk 1961; Starý 1976; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Libya (Mackauer & Starý 1967; Starý 1976); Morocco (Mimeur 1934; Starý 1976; Starý & Sekkat 1987; Baer et al. 2004); Palestine (Samara & Qubbaj 2012); Saudi Arabia (Ahmad & Bakr 2013); Syria (Baer et al. 2004); Tunisia (Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Ayadi et al. 2017); Turkey (Eastern part – Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Central part – Düzgüneş et al. 1982, Kilinçer 1982; Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Elmali & Toros 1994; Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Satar et al. 2014; Western part – Erkin 1983; Erdoğan et al. 2008; Akar & Erdoğan 2017); Yemen (Starý et al. 2013). 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