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Uroleucon (Lambersius) loxdalei sp. nov. (Figs. 1–5, Table 1) Material examined. Seventy one apterous viviparous females, 19 alate viviparous females, 22 apterous oviparae, and three alate males were examined. Holotype: Apterous viviparous female, IRAN, Kerman province, Lalehzar, 29°29′17″N, 56°48′49″E, alt. 3010 m a.s.l., 3 Nov. 2006, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00366, KGUT. Paratypes: 3 apterous viviparous females, same data as the holotype; 10 oviparous females, same data as the holotype; 1 alate male, same data as the holotype; 5 apterous viviparous females and 1 alate viviparous female, Kerman province, Dehbala, 30°19′26″N, 57°13′02″E, alt. 1997 m, a.s.l., 2 Jun. 2006, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00367, KGUT; 5 apterous viviparous females, 2 oviparous females and 2 alate males, Kerman province, Mes-e-Sarcheshmeh, 29°59′46″N, 55°51′20″E, alt. 2563 m a.s.l., 13 Oct. 2020, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00370, KGUT; 6 apterous viviparous females, Kerman province, Mes-e-Sarcheshmeh, 30°03′45″N, 55°54′20″E, alt. 2305 m a.s.l., 13 Oct. 2020, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00371, KGUT; 5 apterous viviparous females, Kerman province, Mes-e-Sarcheshmeh, 30°01′01″N, 55°53′26″E, alt. 2461 m a.s.l., 13 Oct. 2020, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00372, KGUT; 1 apterous viviparous females, Kerman province, bondar-e-Chatrood, 30°37′45″N, 57°01′18″E, alt. 2246 m a.s.l., 20 Oct. 2006, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00374, KGUT; 9 apterous viviparous females and 10 alate viviparous females, Kerman province, Khabr, 29°00′08″N, 56°38′06″E, alt. 1959 m a.s.l., 23 Aug. 2007, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00378, KGUT and DZUS; 5 apterous viviparous females and 2 alate viviparous females, Kerman province, Zeydabad, 29°39′15″N, 55°32′33″E, alt. 1758 m a.s.l., 6 Oct. 2006, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00368, KGUT; 9 apterous viviparous females, Kerman province, Sekonj, 29°55′28″N, 57°28′04″E, alt. 2352 m a.s.l., 6 Oct. 2006, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00369, KGUT; 5 apterous viviparous females, Kerman province, Bondar, 30°37′35″N, 57°00′29″E, alt. 2067 m a.s.l., 20 Oct. 2006, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00373, KGUT; 8 apterous viviparous females and 2 oviparous females, Kerman province, Bondar-e-Chatrood, 30°38′12″N, 57°01′41″E, alt. 2294 m a.s.l., 20 Oct. 2006, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00375, KGUT; 4 apterous viviparous females and 1 alate viviparous female, Kerman province, Bondar-e-Chatrood, 30°37′27″N, 57°02′36″E, alt. 2349 m a.s.l., 20 Oct. 2006, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00376, DZUS; 8 oviparous females, Kerman province, Dehbala, 20 Nov. 2006, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00377, KGUT; 5 apterous viviparous females and 5 alate viviparous females, Kerman province, Mahan, 30°02′50″N, 57°14′47″E, alt. 1929 m a.s.l., 29 Jun. 2014, M. Mehrparvar leg., on Launaea acanthodes, ARG 00379, KGUT. Diagnosis. The new species, Uroleucon loxdalei sp. nov., is characterized by the colour of the SIPH, which are brown with pale basal section, having 3–3–3 setae on the first tarsal segments, relatively short PT, pale cauda and poorly developed or pale sclerites and scleroites on the abdomen. The newly designated species is most similar to U. bielawskii (Szelegiewicz), but there are several differences (in apterous viviparous females) as follows: • number of secondary rhinaria on ANTIII: 7–19(27) distributed on 48–60% of the basal part in the new species, while 42–69 distributed on the whole length in U. bielawskii; • URS/2HT: 0.82–1.0 in the new species, while 0.77–0.87 in U. bielawskii ; • PT/ANTVIb: 2.39–3.24 in the new species, while 3.35–4.33 in U. bielawskii; • B. D. of SIPH is thinner than B. D. cauda in the new species, while it is thicker in U. bielawskii; • Body length is 2.10–2.86 mm in the new species, while 2.9–3.38 mm in U. bielawskii; • ANTI & II are dark brown and brown respectively in the new species, while both are light brown in U. bielawskii; • The number of accessory hairs on URS is 8–11 in the new species, while 10–12 in U. bielawskii (see Table 2) (Szelegiewicz 1962). Description Apterous viviparous females (n=71): Colour of living specimens: Body dark red to dark brown, not covered with wax powder. Colour of mounted specimens (Fig. 2): Body mainly pale. Head, ANTII, URS, SIPH (except basal part) and genital plate brown. ANTI, the end of ANTIII–V, ANTVI, distal part of tibiae and tarsus are dark brown. Coxa, trochanter and majority of femora pale brown, Cauda pale. Morphological characters: Body oval; head smooth; antennal tubercles well-developed with diverging inner sides; median frontal tubercle not developed (Fig. 2e). ANT as long as or shorter than body length; antennal setae blunt and shorter than B.D. ANTIII. ANTIII bearing 7–19(27) rounded or slightly oval secondary rhinaria with welldeveloped sclerotized rings on their edges distributed on 48–60% of the basal part of segment (Fig. 2b); primary rhinarium ciliate. PT 2.39–3.24 X ANTVIb and 0.57–0.81 X ANTIII. Other antennal ratios: ANTIII/ANTIV: 1.23– 1.58, ANTVI/ANTIII: 0.78–1.09, ANTV/ANTIII: 0.49–0.62, ANTIV/ANTIII: 0.63–0.82, PT/ANTIV: 0.78–1.17, PT/ANTV: 1.0–1.49.ANTVIb 1.0–1.33 times longer than URS. Rostrum relatively short and pass mesosternum (Fig. 2a); URS blunt (Fig. 2f), 0.82–1.0 X 2HT with secondary setae. Body with fine blunt setae; dorsum membranous; marginal and siphuncular sclerites not visible (Fig. 2j); dorsal setae on thorax and ABDTVI–VIII placed on dark scleroites (Fig. 2j). SIPH tapering and slightly wider at base (Fig. 2i), with polygonal reticulation on 24–36% of the distal length, 1.76–2.35 times longer than cauda and 0.17–0.26 X body length. Ratios of SIPH to some various body parts are as follows: SIPH/ANTIII: 0.86–1.12, SIPH/PT: 1.19–1.83, SIPH/URS: 3.40–5.80. 2HT 1.0–1.21 times URS. Cauda relatively long, finger-shaped with narrow tip (Fig 2g), 1.93–2.67 X URS and 0.43–0.57 X SIPH. First tarsal segment with 3–3–3 setae. Other biometric data are presented in Table 1. Alate viviparous females (based on 19 specimens): Colour of living specimens: Body dark red to dark brown not covered with wax powder. Colour of mounted specimens (Fig. 3a): ANTV & VI dark brown. ANTIII & IV (except basal part which is paler), thorax and tarsus brown. Head and genital plate are pale brown. Femur and tibia pale except for the distal part which is dark brown. Wing vein pale. Otherwise the same with apterous viviparous females. Morphological characters: Body spindle-shaped; head smooth; antennal tubercles well-developed (Fig. 3e); ANT shorter than body length; antennal setae blunt and shorter than B.D. ANTIII. Antennal ratios: ANTIII/ANTIV: 1.22–1.57, ANTVI/ANTIII: 0.89–1.09, ANTV/ANTIII: 0.51–0.67, ANTIV/ANTIII: 0.64–0.82, PT/ANTIII: 0.66– 0.82, PT/ANTVIb: 2.75–3.0, PT/ANTIV: 0.91–1.29, PT/ANTV: 1.12–1.41. ANTIII bearing 22–38 secondary rhinaria distributed on the whole length (Fig. 3b). URS blunt (Fig. 3f), 0.82–1.0 times 2HT. ANTVIb 1.07–1.29 X URS. First tarsal segments with 3–3–3 setae. Dorsum membranous; SIPH tubular, wider at base with polygonal reticulation on 27–36% of the distal length (Fig. 3h). Ratios of SIPH to some particular body parts are as follows: SIPH/Body length: 0.18–0.22, SIPH/Cauda: 1.97–2.16, SIPH/ANTIII: 0.92–1.03, SIPH/PT: 1.13–1.44, SIPH/URS: 3.64–4.79. 2HT 1.0–1.21 times URS. Cauda finger-shaped (Fig. 3g), 1.79–2.29 times URS and 0.46–0.51 times shorter than SIPH. Further biometric data are presented in Table 1. Oviparous females (based on 22 specimens): Colour of living specimens: similar in appearance to apterous viviparous females. Colour of mounted specimens: ANTV & VI and genital plate dark brown. Hind tibia brown. ANTIII & IV pale brown except tips which are dark brown. Fore and mid tibiae pale brown with dark brown distal part. Otherwise the same with apterous viviparous females. Morphological characters: Body oval but wider than apterous viviparous females (Fig. 4a). Compared to apterous vivipara, legs are relatively shorter. Antennal tubercles well developed (Fig. 4e). ANT shorter than body length. Secondary rhinaria distributed on basal 48–68% of the ANTIII (Fig. 4b). Some antennal ratios are as follows: ANTIII/ANTIV: 1.30–1.69, ANTVI/ANTIII: 0.88–1.06, ANTV/ANTIII: 0.51–0.63, ANTIV/ANTIII: 0.59–0.77, PT/ANTIII: 0.62–0.77, PT/ANTVIb: 2.41–2.85, PT/ANTIV: 0.88–1.20, PT/ANTV: 1.14–1.32. ANTVIb 1.07–1.23 X URS. URS 0.81–0.97 times longer than 2HT. Ratios of SIPH to some particular body parts are as follows: SIPH/Body length: 0.16–0.22, SIPH/Cauda: 1.77–2.04, SIPH/ANTIII: 0.77–1.02, SIPH/PT: 1.12–1.44, SIPH/URS: 3.20–4.36. 2HT 1.03–1.23 times URS. SIPH with polygonal reticulation on 23–33% of the distal length (Fig. 4i). Cauda finger-shaped (Fig. 4g) 1.80–2.36 times longer than URS and 0.49–0.57 times shorter than SIPH. Hind tibiae bearing more than 100 pseudosensoria in various sizes which are distributed on basal half and this part is swollen distinctly (Fig. 4j). Otherwise like apterous viviparous females. Biometric data are given in Table 1. Alate males (based on 3 specimens examined): Colour of living specimens: similar in appearance to alate viviparous females. Colour of mounted specimens (Fig. 5a): Body mainly membranous. Head and ANTII brown (Fig. 5e); ANTI, ANTIII–VI (except for the basal part of ANTIII which is paler), thorax, URS, tarsus and penis dark brown (Fig. 5); dorsal abdominal segments with brown marginal and pleural sclerites (Fig. 5a). Otherwise like apterous viviparous females. Morphological characters: Body elongate spindle-shaped; head smooth; antennal tubercles slightly developed (Fig. 5e). ANT as long as or longer than body length. ANTIII–V bearing rounded or slightly oval secondary rhinaria with well-developed sclerotized rings on their edges which distributed on whole length of ANTIII, 70–87% of the distal part of the ANTIV, 59–62% of the distal part of the ANTIV (Figs. 5 b-d). Antennal ratios are: PT/ANTVIb: 2.53–2.87; PT/ANTIII: 0.74; ANTIII/ANTIV: 1.21–1.33, ANTVI/ANTIII: 1.0–1.03, ANTV/ANTIII: 0.59, ANTIV/ ANTIII: 0.75–0.83, PT/ANTIV: 0.90–0.91, PT/ANTV: 1.26. ANTVIb 1.0–1.21 X URS. First tarsal segments with 3–3–3 setae. URS 0.88–1.0 times 2HT. Rostrum reaching metasternum (Fig. 5a). SIPH tubular with polygonal reticulation on 30–34% of the distal length (Fig. 5i). Ratios of SIPH to some body parts are as follows: SIPH/Body length: 0.11–0.14, SIPH/Cauda: 1.65–1.78, SIPH/ANTIII: 0.43–0.57, SIPH/PT: 0.74–0.77, SIPH/URS: 2.13–2.36. 2HT 1.0–1.13 times URS. Cauda long triangular with wide basal half and distinctly narrower distal half which bearing the caudal setae (Fig. 5f), 1.20–1.36 X URS and 0.56–0.61 times shorter than SIPH. Other biometric data are presented in Table 1. The Blackman and Eastop (2021) key to apterous viviparous females of aphids on Launaea is here modified to accommodate the new species as below, respecting terminology, abbreviations and expressions. 1 ANT PT/BASE 1.0-1.4. SIPH short, black, about as long as cauda which is bluntly triangular and bears 12-20 hairs........................................................................................ Protaphis pseudocardui - ANT PT/BASE more than 1.8 and other characters not in that combination....................................... 2 2 SIPH dark, with reticulation consisting of numerous small cells and extending over distal 0.16-0.43 of length............ 3 - SIPH pale or if dark then without distal polygonal reticulation................................................... 7 3 Basal part of SIPH pale........................................................... Uroleucon loxdalei sp. nov. - Basal part of SIPH dark................................................................................. 4 4 Dorsal hairs not arising from small dark scleroites............................................. Uroleucon sonchi - All or most of dorsal hairs arising from small dark scleroites................................................... 5 5 Crescent-shaped antesiphuncular sclerites present. R IV+V 0.84-1.08 × HT II. ….............. Uroleucon hypochoeridis - Antesiphuncular sclerites absent or indistinct. R IV+V 0.91-1.43 × HT II.......................................... 6 6 HT II rather long and thin, 6 or more × longer than its maximum thickness and 0.9-1.1 × R IV+V..................................................................................................... Uroleucon pseudambrosiae - HT II less than 5 × its maximum thickness and 0.70-0.85 × R IV+V............................ Uroleucon ambrosiae 7 ANT tubercles well developed with smooth, broadly divergent inner faces. ANT III with 1-3 rhinaria near base. ANT III 0.8-1.0 × SIPH, which are long, pale and tapering/cylindrical on distal part, without any polygonal reticulation.. Acyrthosiphon ilka - Aphids without that combination of characters...................................... go to key to polyphagous aphids Etymology. The new species is named to honour Prof. Hugh D. Loxdale in recognition of his many pioneering contributions to aphidology, especially in molecular genetics and molecular ecology. Host plant and biology. This aphid lives in sparse colonies on shoots of Launaea acanthodes (Asteraceae) (Fig. 1) which is distributed from north Africa to central Asia. Since all species of Uroleucon are monoecious and in this study sexual morphs have been collected on L. acanthodes in autumn, it therefore can be concluded that this new species has no host alternation and hence is a monoecious, holocyclic species. This aphid is not attended by ants.

Metopolophium rogeri Mehrparvar sp. nov. (Figs. 1–5, Table 1) Material examined. Fifty one apterous viviparous females, six alate viviparous females, fourteen apterous oviparae and seven apterous males were examined. Holotype: Apterous viviparous female, Iran, Kerman Province, Mes-e-Sarcheshmeh, (29°59’52˝N, 55°51’27˝E), 2564 m, ex Rosa beggeriana (Fig. 1), 14.iv.2020, M. Mehrparvar leg. (ARG 00277) (KGUT). Paratypes: IRAN: nine apterous viviparous females, same data as the holotype; six apterous viviparous females, Kerman Province, Shahr-e-Babak, (30°08’24˝N, 55°04’57˝E), 1854 m, ex Rosa beggeriana, 24.viii.2020, M. Mehrparvar leg. (ARG 00274); four apterous viviparous females, fourteen oviparous females and seven apterous males, Kerman Province, Mes-e-Sarcheshmeh, (29°59’51˝N, 55°51’24˝E), 2553 m, ex Rosa beggeriana, 13.x.2006, (ARG 00273); six alate viviparous females, Kerman Province, Mes-e-Sarcheshmeh, (29°59’52˝N, 55°51’27˝E), 2564 m, ex Rosa beggeriana, 14.iv.2020, M. Mehrparvar leg. (ARG 00275) (KGUT). Additional non-type material s: thirty one apterous viviparous females, same data as the holotype. Diagnosis. Color in living specimens green, not powdered. Body without dark sclerotization. The species is close to M. alpinum Hille Ris Lambers, 1966, but the ratio of PT to ANTVIb is too low, the ratio of SIPH to Cauda is too high and the number of accessory hairs on URS is higher compared with equivalent morphs of M. alpinum (Table 2). In addition, the dorsal abdominal pigmentation of the apterous males is distinctive in M. rogeri sp. nov. These are the most important distinguishing characteristics of M. rogeri sp. nov.. Other morphological characteristics which separate this species from the other close species of Metopolophium are as follows: the ratio of SIPH to body length is 0.3–0.38; PT 1.65–3.0 (3.3) times as long as ANTVIb; the length of ANTVIb is relatively longer (0.2–0.26 mm); ANTIII with 2–7 secondary rhinaria (Table 2). Description. Apterous viviparous females (based on 51 examined specimens, 41 spring, 6 summer and 4 autumn populations): Color in living specimens: Body green not covered with wax powder. Color in macerated specimens (Fig. 2A): Body mainly pale. The end of ANTIII–V, ANTVI, the apical part of SIPH and tibiae and tarsi are pale brown. Cauda slightly darker than body. Morphological characters: Body spindle-shaped; head smooth; antennal tubercles well developed with diverging inner sides; median frontal tubercle low (Fig. 3A). Antenna as long as or shorter than body length; antennal hairs blunt and shorter than B.D. ANTIII. ANTIII bearing 2–7 rounded or slightly oval secondary rhinaria with welldeveloped sclerotized rings on their edges distributed on basal half of the segment (Fig. 4A); primary rhinarium ciliate. PT 1.65–3.3 times as long as ANTVIb and 0.55–1.14 times as long as ANTIII. Other antennal ratios: ANTIII/ANTIV: 1.24–2.10, ANTVI/ANTIII: 0.85–1.49, ANTV/ANTIII: 0.56–0.75, ANTIV/ANTIII: 0.48–0.80, PT/ANTIV: 0.95–1.50, PT/ANTV: 0.96–1.56. Body with numerous fine blunt hairs. URS relatively long and blunt (Fig. 3E); first tarsal segment with 3–3–3 hairs. ANTVIb 1.53–2.17 times longer than URS. URS 0.80–0.93 times longer than 2HT. Rostrum relatively short and reaching mesosternum (Fig. 2A). Dorsum membranous; marginal and siphuncular sclerites not visible; ABD tergites I and VII without marginal tubercles; dorsal hairs blunt and short; hairs on ABDTVIII 31–40 μm long. SIPH thin, tapering, slightly wider at base (Fig. 5A), 2.38–3.32 times longer than cauda and 0.28–0.38 times as long as body length. Ratios of SIPH to some various body parts are as follows: SIPH/ANTIII: 0.95–1.25, SIPH/HFemur: 0.70–0.99, SIPH/PT: 0.89–2.21, SIPH/URS: 4.92–8.33. HTibia and HFemur 0.58–0.84 and 0.34–0.45 times body length, respectively. 2HT 1.07–1.25 times URS. Cauda tongueshaped (Fig. 5K). Other biometric data are presented in Table 1. Alate viviparous females (based on six examined specimens): Color in living specimens: Body green not covered with wax powder. Color in macerated specimens (Fig. 2B): ANTI–VI brown except for basal part of ANTIII which is paler. Head, tibiae and tarsi are brown. Femur brown except for basal part which is pale. Thorax dark brown. Wing vein brown. Abdomen pale with brown marginal and transverse dorsal patches and anal plate. SIPH and cauda pale brown. Morphological characters: Body spindle-shaped; head smooth; antennal tubercles moderately developed (Fig. 3B); antenna as long as or shorter than body length; antennal hairs blunt and shorter than B.D. ANTIII. Antennal ratios: ANTIII/ANTIV: 1.46–1.72, ANTVI/ANTIII: 1.04–1.22, ANTV/ANTIII: 0.43–0.51, ANTIV/ANTIII: 0.58– 0.69, PT/ANTIII: 0.83–0.97, PT/ANTVIb: 3.75–4.22, PT/ANTIV: 1.37–1.58, PT/ANTV: 1.71–2.0. URS blunt (Fig. 3F), 0.80–0.89 times shorter than 2HT. ANTVIb 1.13–1.30 times longer than URS. First tarsal segments with 3–3–3 hairs. Dorsum membranous; marginal, dorsal transvers bars and postsiphuncular sclerites evidently visible; SIPH tubular, slightly wider at base (Fig. 5B). Ratios of SIPH to some particular body parts are as follows: SIPH/ Body length: 0.17–0.20, SIPH/Cauda: 1.74–1.96, SIPH/ANTIII: 0.58–0.76, SIPH/HFemur: 0.52–0.59, SIPH/PT: 0.69–0.79, SIPH/URS: 3.20–3.92. HTibia and HFemur 0.59–0.62 and 0.31–0.34 times as long as body length, respectively. Cauda tongue-shaped (Fig. 5L). Further biometric data are presented in Table 1. Oviparous females (based on 14 examined specimens): Color in living specimens: similar in appearance to apterous viviparous female specimens. Color in macerated specimens: head thorax and abdomen membranous. Apical parts of ANTIII-V brown. Apical parts of femora, tibiae and SIPH pale brown. Tarsus pale brown. Cauda slightly darker than body. Abdominal segments pale without pigmentation. Morphological characters: Body spindle-shaped but narrower than apterous viviparous females (Fig. 2C). Compared to apterous vivipara legs are relatively shorter.Antennal tubercles developed (Fig. 3C). Antennae as long as body length. ANTIII hairs shorter than B.D. ANTIII. Secondary rhinaria distributed on basal part of the segment (Fig. 4I). Some antennal ratios are as follows: ANTIII/ANTIV: 1.15–1.55, ANTVI/ANTIII: 1.32–1.73, ANTV/ ANTIII: 0.70–0.88, ANTIV/ANTIII: 0.65–0.87, PT/ANTIII: 0.97–1.27, PT/ANTVIb: 2.73–2.83, PT/ANTIV: 1.20–1.57, PT/ANTV: 1.30–1.54. ANTVIb 1.83–2.31 times longer than URS. URS 0.80–0.93 times longer than 2HT. HTibia and HFemur 0.70–0.96 and 0.41–0.51 times as long as body length, respectively. Ratios of SIPH to some particular body parts are as follows: SIPH/Body length: 0.28–0.35, SIPH/Cauda: 2.48–3.42, SIPH/ANTIII: 0.93–1.15, SIPH/HFemur: 0.68–0.77, SIPH/PT: 0.85–1.12, SIPH/URS: 4.31–6.31. Cauda tongue-shaped (Fig. 5M). Hind tibiae bearing 40–65 pseudosensoria in various sizes which are distributed on basal half (Fig. 5J) and this part is very slightly swollen. Otherwise like apterous viviparous females. Biometric data are given in Table 1. Apterous males (based on 7 examined specimens): Color in living specimens: similar in appearance to apterous viviparous female specimens. Color in macerated specimens (Fig. 2D): Body mainly membranous. Head, ANTI pale brown (Figs 2D & 3D); ANTII pale (Fig. 3D); ANTIII pale brown except for the basal part which is pale (Fig. 4M); ANTIV–ANTVI pale brown (Figs 4N–P); the apical part of SIPH and tibiae and tarsi pale brown (Figs 5D & H); dorsal abdominal segments with brown cross-bands pigmentations (Fig. 2D). Femora pale with a brown spot near apex. Thorax pale without pigmentation. Cauda pale (Fig. 5N). Morphological characters: Body elongate spindle-shaped; head smooth; antennal tubercles well developed with diverging inner sides (Fig. 3D); median frontal tubercle absent. Antenna longer than body length; antennal hairs blunt and shorter than B.D. ANTIII. ANTIII and ANTV bearing rounded or slightly oval secondary rhinaria with well-developed sclerotized rings on their edges (Figs 4M & O). Antennal ratios are: PT/ANTVIb: 3.0–3.21; PT/ ANTIII: 0.93–1.10; ANTIII/ANTIV: 1.11–1.42, ANTVI/ANTIII: 1.23–1.44, ANTV/ANTIII: 0.75–0.87, ANTIV/ ANTIII: 0.70–0.90, PT/ANTIV: 1.03–1.48, PT/ANTV: 1.15–1.43. ANTVIb 1.92–2.18 times longer than URS. Body with fine blunt hairs. URS relatively long and blunt (Fig. 3H); first tarsal segment with 3–3–3 hairs. URS 0.81–1.0 times longer than 2HT. Rostrum reaching metasternum (Figs 2D & 3D). SIPH tubular (Fig. 5D). Ratios of SIPH to some body parts are as follows: SIPH/Body length: 0.30–0.35, SIPH/Cauda: 2.91–3.67, SIPH/ANTIII: 0.74–0.88, SIPH/HFemur: 0.57–0.74, SIPH/PT: 0.68–0.89, SIPH/URS: 4.48–5.58. HTibia and HFemur 0.81–1.02 and 0.47–0.54 times body length, respectively. 2HT 1.0–1.23 times URS. Cauda tongue-shaped (Fig. 5N). Other biometric data are presented in Table 1. Etymology. The new species is named to honor Dr. Roger L. Blackman who was a great and outstanding aphid taxonomist. Host plant and biology. This aphid lives in colonies on young shoots of Rosa beggeriana (Rosaceae) which is distributed from the West to East Asia (Mozaffarian 1998). Since the apterous viviparous females and apterous males have been collected on R. beggeriana in autumn, it can be concluded that this species has no host alternation and hence it is a monoecious holocyclic species. The Metopolophium species with host alternation (Heteroecious) migrate to grasses and in autumn it would not expect to find apterae on Rosa, only oviparae and alate males. But since apterae were collected on Rosa in autumn, as well as apterous males, so this species does not have host alternation. The alate viviparous females are very rare as there is no host alternation. This aphid is not attended by ants., Published as part of Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Rokni, Moein & Rakhshani, Ehsan, 2022, A new species of Metopolophium Mordvilko, 1914 (Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphidinae) on Rosa beggeriana from Iran, pp. 64-74 in Zootaxa 5183 (1) on pages 65-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5183.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/7070514, {"references":["Hille Ris Lambers, D. (1966) On alpine rose- and grass-infecting species of Metopolophium Mordviko, (1914), with descriptions of two new species. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 39, 103 - 117.","Mozaffarian, V. (1998) A dictionary of Iranian plant names. Farhang Moaser Publishers, Tehran, Iran, 741 pp."]}

During 2015–2017, 28 aphid species belonging to 12 genera were collected and identified on Asteraceae plants in North Khorasan province, Iran. Among these, three aphid species including Macrosiphoniella frigidivora Holman & Szelegiewicz, 1974, Macrosiphoniella szalaymarzsoi Szelegiewicz, 1978 and Protaphis iliensis Kadyrbekov, 2001 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are new for aphid fauna of Iran. Brief redescriptions of Iranian populations of these three species are given and compared to the original descriptions.

Pauesia hazratbalensis Bhagat, 1981 Figs 46, 141, 243, 340, 441, 578 Host records Cinara (Cupressobium) tujafilina (del Guercio) (Star�� et al. 2005; Rakhshani et al. 2012b, 2017); Cinara pinihabitans (Mordvilko) (Heidari Latibari et al. 2019). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Star�� et al. 2005; Rakhshani et al. 2012b; 2017). General distribution Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 40, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P., Rakhshani E. & Talebi A. A. 2005. Parasitoids of aphid pests on conifers and their state as biocontrol agents in the Middle East to Central Asia on the world background (Hym., Braconidae, Aphidiinae; Hom., Aphididae). Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 15 (2): 147 - 151.","Rakhshani E., Kazemzadeh S., Stary P., Barahoei H., Kavallieratos N. G., Cetkovic A., Popovic A., Bodlah I. & Tomanovic Z. 2012 b. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of northeastern Iran: Aphidiine-aphid-plant associations, key and description of a new species. Journal of Insect Science 12: 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1673 / 031.012.14301","Heidari Latibari M., Moravej G., Ghafouri Moghaddam M., Barahoei H. & Hanley G. A. 2019. The novel host associations for the aphid parasitoid, Pauesia hazratbalensis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae). Oriental Insects 10: 1 - 8. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.2019.1586780"]}

Trioxys complanatus Quilis, 1931 Figs 65, 167, 267, 366, 467, 604 Host records Therioaphis khayami Remaudi��re (Star�� et al. 2000); Therioaphis riehmi (B��rner) (van den Bosch 1957; Star�� 1979; Star�� et al. 2000); Therioaphis trifolii (Monell) (van den Bosch 1957; Farahbakhsh 1961; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Al-Azawi 1970; Star�� 1976, 1979; Monajemi & Esmaili 1981; Star�� & Erdelen 1982; D��zg��neş et al. 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Star�� et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2006a, 2008c, 2012b; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Laamari et al. 2012; Star�� et al. 2013); Therioaphis spp. (Star�� 1976, 1979; Mescheloff & Rosen 1993). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Algeria (Laamari et al. 2012); Iran (van den Bosch 1957; Farahbakhsh 1961; Star�� 1979; Monajemi & Esmaili 1981; Star�� et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2006a, 2012b; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Iraq (van den Bosch 1957; Al-Azawi 1970; Star�� 1976); Israel (van den Bosch 1957; Star�� 1976; Mescheloff & Rosen 1993); Lebanon (Tremblay et al. 1985); Morocco (Star�� 1976); Turkey (van den Bosch 1957; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Star�� 1976; Central part ��� D��zg��neş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); UAE (Star�� et al. 2013); Yemen (Star�� & Erdelen 1982; Star�� et al. 2013). General distribution Cosmopolitan., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 50, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","van den Bosch R. 1957. The spotted alfalfa and its parasites in Mediterranean region, Middle East, and East Africa. Journal of Economic Entomology 50: 352 - 356. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jee / 50.3.352","Stary P. 1979. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Central Asian Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Farahbakhsh G. 1961. A checklist of economically important insects and other enemies of plants and agricultural products of Iran. Ministry of Agriculture Department of Plant Protection Tehran.","Avidov Z. & Harpaz L. 1969. Plant Pests of Israel. Israel Universities Press, Jerusalem.","Al-Azawi A. F. 1970. Some aphid parasitoids from central and south Iraq with notes on their occurrence. Bulletin of Iraq Natural History Museum 4: 27 - 31.","Stary P. 1976. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Mediterranean Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Monajemi N. & Esmaili M. 1981. Population dynamics of alfalfa aphids and their natural controling factors, in Karadj. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 6 (1 - 2): 41 - 63.","Stary P. & Erdelen C. 1982. Aphid parasitoids [Hym.: Aphidiidae: Aphelinidae] from the Yemen Arab Republic. BioControl 27 (1): 105 - 108. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02371943","Duzgunes Z., Toros S., Kilincer N. & Kovanci B. 1982. The Parasites and the Predators of Aphidoidea in Ankara. Turkish Ministry of Agriculture Ankara. [In Turkish].","Tremblay E., Kawar N. & Barbagallo S. 1985. Aphids (Homoptera: Aphidoidea) and aphidiines (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Lebanon. Bollettino del Laboratorio di entomologia Agraria Filippo Silvestri Portici 42: 19 - 32.","Uysal M., Stary P., Sahbaz A. & Ozsemerci F. 2004. A review of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Turkey. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 12 (2): 355 - 370.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Manzari S., Rezwani A. & Rakhshani H. 2006 a. An investigation on alfalfa aphids and their parasitoids in different parts of Iran, with a key to the parasitoids (Hemiptera: Aphididae; Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 25 (2): 1 - 14.","Rakhshani E., Kazemzadeh S., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Manzari S., Rezwani A. & Asadi G. 2008 c. Preliminary taxonomic study of genus Trioxys Haliday (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and its host associations in Iran. In: Manzari Sh. (ed) Proceedings of the 18 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress Vol. 1: 97. Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan.","Rakhshani E., Kazemzadeh S., Stary P., Barahoei H., Kavallieratos N. G., Cetkovic A., Popovic A., Bodlah I. & Tomanovic Z. 2012 b. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of northeastern Iran: Aphidiine-aphid-plant associations, key and description of a new species. Journal of Insect Science 12: 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1673 / 031.012.14301","Nazari Y., Zamani A. A., Masoumi S. E., Rakhshani E., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Tomanovic S., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012. Diversity and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the farmlands of western Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2): 559 - 584.","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Madjdzadeh S. M., Alipour A., Taheri S., Nader E., Mitrovski-Bogdanovic A., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G. & Tomanovic Z. 2013. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of central submountains of Iran. North Western Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 70 - 93.","Laamari M., Chaouche S. T., Halimi C. W., Benferhat S., Abbes S. B., Khenissa N. & Stary P. 2012. A review of aphid parasitoids and their associations in Algeria (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae; Hemiptera: Aphidoidea). African Entomology 20 (1): 161 - 170. https: // doi. org / 10.4001 / 003.020.0120","Stary P., Rakhshani E., Tomanovic Z. Kavallieratos N. G. & Havelka. J. 2013. Order Hymenoptera, family Braconidae - Aphidiinae Aphid parasitoids of the Arabian Peninnsula In: van Harten A. (ed.), Arthropod Fauna of UAE Vol 5: 407 - 425. Al Amal Printing Press. Abu Dhabi.","Mescheloff E. & Rosen D. 1993. Biosystematic studies on the Aphidiidae of Israel (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), 5. The genera Trioxys and Binodoxys. Israel Journal of Entomology 27: 31 - 47."]}

Ephedrus lacertosus (Haliday, 1833) Figs 121, 224, 320, 421, 558 Host records Lacking host data (Tomanović et al. 2008). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Turkey (Eastern part – Tomanović et al. 2008). General distribution Holarctic, Neotropical, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 28, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Tomanovic Z., Beyerslan A., Erdogan O. C. & Zikic Z. 2008. New records of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from Turkey. Periodicum Biologorum 110 (4): 335 - 338."]}

Aphidius eadyi Starý, González & Hall, 1980 Figs 9, 85, 188, 285, 386, 482, 522 Host records Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (González et al. 1978; Starý 1979; Starý et al. 1980, Starý & Sekkat 1987; Starý et al. 2000; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2006a, 2008a; Laamari et al. 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Chaouche & Laamari 2015). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Algeria (Laamari et al. 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 1980, 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2006a, 2008a; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Morocco (Starý & Sekkat 1987; Starý et al. 1980); Turkey (Central and Eastern parts – Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Uysal et al. 2004; Western part – Erdoğan et al. 2008; Akar & Erdoğan 2017). General distribution Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Nearctic (imported), Oceanic., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P., Gonzalez D. & Hall J. C. 1980. Aphidius eadyi n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae), a widely distributed parasitoid of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) in the Palearctic. Entomologia Scandinavica 11: 473 - 480. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631280794710079","Stary P. 1979. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Central Asian Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Stary P. & Sekkat A. 1987. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Aphidiinae) of aphid pests in Morocco. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France 23 (3): 145 - 149.","Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","Olmez S. & Ulusoy M. R. 2003. A survey of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Diyarbakir Turkey. Phytoparasitica 31 (5): 524 - 528. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02979745","Uysal M., Stary P., Sahbaz A. & Ozsemerci F. 2004. A review of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Turkey. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 12 (2): 355 - 370.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Manzari S., Rezwani A. & Rakhshani H. 2006 a. An investigation on alfalfa aphids and their parasitoids in different parts of Iran, with a key to the parasitoids (Hemiptera: Aphididae; Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 25 (2): 1 - 14.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Tomanovic Z., Kavallieratos N. G. & Manzari S. 2008 a. A review of Aphidius Nees in Iran: host associations, distribution, and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa 1767: 37 - 54.","Laamari M., Chaouche S. T., Halimi C. W., Benferhat S., Abbes S. B., Khenissa N. & Stary P. 2012. A review of aphid parasitoids and their associations in Algeria (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae; Hemiptera: Aphidoidea). African Entomology 20 (1): 161 - 170. https: // doi. org / 10.4001 / 003.020.0120","Nazari Y., Zamani A. A., Masoumi S. E., Rakhshani E., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Tomanovic S., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012. Diversity and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the farmlands of western Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2): 559 - 584.","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Madjdzadeh S. M., Alipour A., Taheri S., Nader E., Mitrovski-Bogdanovic A., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G. & Tomanovic Z. 2013. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of central submountains of Iran. North Western Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 70 - 93.","Chaouche S. T. & Laamari M. 2015. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and their associations in Biskra province Algeria. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 3 (2): 179 - 184.","Erdogan O. C., Tomanovic Z. & Beyarslan A. 2008. New aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the region of Marmara Turkey. Acta Entomologica Serbica 13 (1 - 2): 85 - 88.","Akar S. & Erdogan O. C. 2017. Contributions to Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) fauna of Turkey with new records. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 18 (2): 89 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.23902 / trkjnat. 282623"]}

Trioxys pappi Takada, 1979 Figs 71, 173, 473, 610 Host records Lacking host data (Davidian 2005). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Davidian 2005) - as Trioxys persicus Davidian. General distribution Eastern Palaearctic (Iran, Mongolia)., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 52, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Davidian E. M. 2005. A review of species of the subgenus Trioxys s. str., genus Trioxys Haliday (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of Russia and adjacent countries. Entomological Review 84 (3): 579 - 609."]}

Praon barbatum Mackauer, 1967 Figs 49, 149, 249, 348, 449, 586 Material examined SAUDI ARABIA • 4 ♀♀; Abha; Jun. 2012; Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) on Trifolium alexandrinum; Z. Ahmad leg. (DPPZ). Host records Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (González et al. 1978; Starý & González 1978; Starý 1979; Tremblay et al. 1985; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Nearctaphis bakeri (Cowen) (Barahoei et al. 2013). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Lebanon (Tremblay et al. 1985); Morocco (Starý 1976); Saudi Arabia (new record). General distribution Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Nearctic (imported)., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 42, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Mackauer M. & Finlayson T. 1967. The hymenopterous parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae et Aphelinidae) of the pea aphid in eastern North America. Canadian Entomologist 99 (10): 1051 - 1082. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 991051 - 10","Stary P. & Gonzalez D. 1978. Parasitoid spectrum of Acyrthosiphon aphids in Central Asia (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). Scandinavian Entomology 9: 140 - 145. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631278 X 00089","Stary P. 1979. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Central Asian Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Tremblay E., Kawar N. & Barbagallo S. 1985. Aphids (Homoptera: Aphidoidea) and aphidiines (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Lebanon. Bollettino del Laboratorio di entomologia Agraria Filippo Silvestri Portici 42: 19 - 32.","Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Manzari S., Tomanovic Z., Stary P. & Rezwani A. 2007 a. Preliminary taxonomic study of genus Praon Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and its host associations in Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 26 (2): 19 - 34.","Nazari Y., Zamani A. A., Masoumi S. E., Rakhshani E., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Tomanovic S., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012. Diversity and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the farmlands of western Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2): 559 - 584.","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Madjdzadeh S. M., Alipour A., Taheri S., Nader E., Mitrovski-Bogdanovic A., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G. & Tomanovic Z. 2013. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of central submountains of Iran. North Western Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 70 - 93.","Taheri S. & Rakhshani E. 2013. Identification of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and determination of their host relationships in Southern Zagros. Journal of Plant Protection (Ferdowsi University Iran) 27 (1): 85 - 95. [In Persian.]","Stary P. 1976. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Mediterranean Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague."]}

Praon volucre (Haliday, 1833) Figs 60, 162, 262, 361, 462, 599 Material examined SAUDI ARABIA • 9 ♀♀; Abha;, Jun. 2012; Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) on Trifolium alexandrinum • 3 ♀♀; Abha-Mahala College campus; 28 Nov. 2012; Uroleocon sp. on Sonchus oleraceus • 1 ♀; Abha- Mahala College campus; Dec. 2012; Aphis solanella Thoebald on Solanum nigrum • 1 ♀; Abha-Mahala College campus; Nov. 2012; on Setaria glauca • 3 ♀♀, 4♂♂ Abha; May 2013; on Lactuca sativa • 3♀♀ 4♂♂; Abha; May 2013; on Lactuca sativa • 1 ♀; Qunfudah; Apr. 2011; net sweeping • 1 ♀; Raidah; Apr. 2011; Z. Ahmad leg (DPPZ). Host records Acyrthosiphon lactucae (Passerini) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2007a); Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2006a, 2007a; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Amphorophora catharinae (Nevsky) (Rakhshani et al. 2012b; Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013); Aphis affinis del Guercio (Rakhshani et al. 2012b); Aphis aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Yoldaş et al. 2011); Aphis craccivora Koch (Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2005a, 2006a, 2007a; Barahoei et al. 2010; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Rakhshani et al. 2012b); Aphis dlabolai Holman (Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis epilobiaria Theobald (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Aphis fabae Scopoli (Starý 1979; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Ben Halima et al. 1994 – as Aphis citricola van der Goot; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Starý et al. 2000; Tomanović et al. 2003; Kavallieratos et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005 – as Aphis citricola van der Goot; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Kavallieratos et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis gossypii Glover (Abou-Fakhr 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2013; Satar et al. 2014); Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988 – as Aphis zizyphi Theobald); Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Aphis pomi de Geer (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani 2012); Aphis punicae Passerini (Hussein & Kawar 1984); Aphis salviae Walker (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Aphis solanella Theobald (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013); Aphis spiraecola Patch (Yoldaş et al. 2011; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011); Aphis umbrella (Börner) (Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Aphis urticata Gmelin (Rakhshani et al. 2012b); Brachycaudus amygdalinus (Schouteden) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Talebi et al. 2009; Rakhshani 2012); Brachycaudus cardui (L.) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Rakhshani 2012); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) (Tremblay et al. 1985; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Talebi et al. 2009; Jafari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Brachycaudus persicae (Passerini) (Rakhshani 2012); Brachycaudus tragopogonis (Kaltenbach) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Brachycaudus sp. (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) (Kilinçer 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (Pike et al. 1991; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2007a, 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2013); Dysaphis pyri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Rakhshani 2012); Hyalopterus amygdali (Blanchard) (Kavallieratos et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Nazari et al. 2012; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013; Rakhshani 2012); Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tomanović et al. 2003; Kavallieratos et al. 2004; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Uysal et al. 2004; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Rakhshani 2012; Jafari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Hyperomyzus lactucae (L.) (Abou-Fakhr 1982; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Tomanović et al. 2003; Uysal et al. 2004; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Talebi et al. 2009; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Hyperomyzus picridis (Börner) (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Liosomaphis berberidis (Kaltenbach) (Laamari et al. 2011); Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas) (Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Yoldaş et al. 1990; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993; Uysal et al. 2004); Macrosiphum rosae (L.) (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Starý & Sekkat 1987; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013; Laamari et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012; Kavallieratos et al. 2013); Macrosiphum sp. (Starý et al. 2000); Macrosiphoniella riedeli Szelegiewicz (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Macrosiphoniella sp. (Rakhshani et al. 2011); Melanaphis donacis (Passerini) (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976); Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Myzaphis rosarum (Kaltenbach) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Myzus beybienkoi (Narzykulov) (Starý et al. 2000); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Rosen 1967, 1969; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976, 1979; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Starý & Sekkat 1987; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993; Ben Halima et al. 1994; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 2005; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Rakhshani 2012; Jafari et al. 2011; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2012; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Phorodon humuli (Schrank) (Rakhshani et al. 2007a); Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) (Hafez 1994; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Rakhshani et al. 2007a, 2008b; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Starý 1976; Hafez 1994; Özder & Toros 1999; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2007a, 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2013; Gadallah et al. 2017); Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Hafez 1994; Rakhshani et al. 2007a, 2008b; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Özder & Toros 1999; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2007a, 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2013; Gadallah et al. 2017); Sitobion fragariae (Walker) (Starý 1976; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Uroleucon aeneum (Hille Ris Lambers) (Tomanović et al. 2003; Kavallieratos et al. 2004); Uroleucon cichorii (Koch) (Tremblay et al. 1985; Rakhshani et al. 2007a); Uroleucon compositae (Theobald) (Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Barahoei et al. 2013); Uroleucon inulicola (Hille Ris Lambers) (Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Uroleucon jaceae (L.) (Rakhshani et al. 2007a); Uroleucon sonchi (L.) (Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Kavallieratos et al. 2004; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Rakhshani et al. 2007a, 2012b; Talebi et al. 2009; Nazari et al. 2012; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013); Uroleucon sp. (Chaouche & Laamari 2015) Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Algeria (Starý 1976; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Egypt (Hafez 1994; El- Ghiet et al. 2014; Gadallah et al. 2017); Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2005a, 2006a, 2007a, 2012b; Jafari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013; Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013); Iraq (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976); Israel (Fleschner 1963; Rosen 1967, 1969; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Lebanon (Abou-Fakhr 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou- Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Morocco (Starý & Sekkat 1987); Tunisia (Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993, 2005; Ben Halima et al. 1994; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011); Turkey (Tomanović et al. 2003; Eastern part – Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Central part – Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Kilinçer 1982; Güz & Kilinçer 2005; Satar et al. 2014; Western part – Yoldaş et al. 1990; Özder & Toros 1999; Kavallieratos et al. 2004, 2013; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Erdoğan et al. 2008; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Akar & Erdoğan 2017). General distribution Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Neotropical, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on pages 46-48, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Duzgunes Z., Toros S., Kilincer N. & Kovanci B. 1982. The Parasites and the Predators of Aphidoidea in Ankara. Turkish Ministry of Agriculture Ankara. [In Turkish].","Uysal M., Stary P., Sahbaz A. & Ozsemerci F. 2004. A review of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Turkey. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 12 (2): 355 - 370.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. 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Aphidius cingulatus Ruthe, 1859 Figs 8, 83, 186, 282, 384, 480, 520 Host records Pterocomma pilosum Buckton (Star�� 1979; Star�� et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2007b, 2008a, 2012b; Talebi et al. 2009); Pterocomma populeum (Kaltenbach) (Star�� 1979; Rakhshani et al. 2007b, 2008a, 2012b); Pterocomma sp. (Star�� et al. 2000); Lacking host data (D��zg��neş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Star�� 1979; Star�� et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2007b, 2008a); Turkey (Central part ��� D��zg��neş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004). General distribution Holarctic, Neotropical, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 8, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P. 1979. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Central Asian Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Manzari S. 2007 b. Aphid-parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associations on willows and poplars in the biocorridors of Iran. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53: 281 - 297.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Tomanovic Z., Kavallieratos N. G. & Manzari S. 2008 a. A review of Aphidius Nees in Iran: host associations, distribution, and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa 1767: 37 - 54.","Rakhshani E., Kazemzadeh S., Stary P., Barahoei H., Kavallieratos N. G., Cetkovic A., Popovic A., Bodlah I. & Tomanovic Z. 2012 b. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of northeastern Iran: Aphidiine-aphid-plant associations, key and description of a new species. Journal of Insect Science 12: 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1673 / 031.012.14301","Talebi A. A., Rakhshani E., Fathipour Y., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Rajabi-Mazhar N. 2009. Aphids and their parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with medicinal plants in Iran. American- Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 3 (2): 205 - 219.","Duzgunes Z., Toros S., Kilincer N. & Kovanci B. 1982. The Parasites and the Predators of Aphidoidea in Ankara. Turkish Ministry of Agriculture Ankara. [In Turkish].","Uysal M., Stary P., Sahbaz A. & Ozsemerci F. 2004. A review of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Turkey. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 12 (2): 355 - 370."]}

Praon flavinode (Haliday, 1833) Figs 52, 152, 252, 351, 452, 589 Host records Tinocallis nevskyi Remaudière, Quednau & Heie (Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013) Tuberculatus (Tuberculoides) albosiphonatus Hille Ris Lambers (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976); Tuberculatus (Tuberculoides) moerickei Hille Ris Lambers (Starý 1976); Tuberculatus sp. (Starý 1969b, 1976; Starý & Kaddou 1971). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Barahoei et al. 2010, 2012, 2013); Iraq (Starý 1969b, 1976; Starý & Kaddou 1971); Turkey (Western part – Akar & Erdoğan 2017). General distribution Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 43, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Barahoei H., Madjdzadeh S. M., Mehrparvar M. & Stary P. 2010. A study of Praon Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in south-east Iran with two new records. Acta Entomologica Serbica 15: 107 - 120.","Stary P. & Kaddou I. K. 1971. Fauna and distribution of aphid parasites (Hym.: Aphidiidae) in Iraq. Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 14: 179 - 197.","Stary P. 1976. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Mediterranean Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Stary P. 1969 b. Aphids and their parasites associated with Oaks in Iraq. Proceeding of the Entomological Society of Washington 71 (3): 279 - 298.","Akar S. & Erdogan O. C. 2017. Contributions to Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) fauna of Turkey with new records. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 18 (2): 89 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.23902 / trkjnat. 282623"]}

Pauesia cedrobii Star�� & Leclant, 1977 Figs 140, 339, 440, 577 Host records Cinara (Cedrobium) laportei Remaudi��re (Star�� & Leclant 1977). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Morocco (Star�� & Leclant 1977; Fabre & Rabasse 1987). General distribution Western Palaearctic., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 39, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P. & Leclant F. 1977. Pauesia (Pauesia) cedrobii, n. sp., premier parasite connu du puceron de cedre Cedrobium laportei Remaudiere (Hym.: Aphidiidae). Annales de la Societe entomologique de France 13 (1): 159 - 163.","Fabre J. P. & Rabasse J. M. 1987. Introduction dans le Sud-Est de la France d'un parasite: Pauesia cedrobii [Hym.: Aphidiidae] du puceron: Cedrobium laportei [Hom.: Lachnidae] du cedre de l'atlas: Cedrus atlantica. Entomophaga 32: 127 - 141. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02373123"]}

Adialytus ambiguus Haliday, 1834 Figs 2, 74, 177, 273, 375, 500, 511 Host records Sipha elegans Del Guercio (Elmali 1997; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2008b, 2012a; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Sipha flava (Forbes) (Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2012a); Sipha maydis Passerini (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a; Starý et al. 2000; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2012a, 2012b; Barahoei et al. 2013); Sipha sp. (Starý 1979). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Egypt (El-Ghiet et al. 2014 – as Adialytus cf. ambiguus (Haliday, 1834)); Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2012a, 2012b; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Israel (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990a); Turkey (Starý 1976; Central part – Elmali 1997; Western part – Uysal et al. 2004). General distribution Holarctic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 4, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Elmali M. 1997. Sipha (Rungsia) elegans in Konya Province of Turkey. Annales ANPP 3 (3): 903 - 910.","Uysal M., Stary P., Sahbaz A. & Ozsemerci F. 2004. A review of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Turkey. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 12 (2): 355 - 370.","Rakhshani E., Tomanovic Z. Stary P., Talebi A. A., Kavallieratos N. G., Zamani A. A. & Stankovic. S. 2008 b. Distribution and diversity of wheat aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran. European Journal of Entomology 105: 863 - 870. https: // doi. org / 10.14411 / eje. 2008.114","Rakhshani E., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012 a. Species of Adialytus Forster, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran: taxonomic notes and tritrophic associations. ZooKeys 221: 81 - 95. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 221.3541","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Madjdzadeh S. M., Alipour A., Taheri S., Nader E., Mitrovski-Bogdanovic A., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G. & Tomanovic Z. 2013. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of central submountains of Iran. North Western Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 70 - 93.","Taheri S. & Rakhshani E. 2013. Identification of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and determination of their host relationships in Southern Zagros. Journal of Plant Protection (Ferdowsi University Iran) 27 (1): 85 - 95. [In Persian.]","Nazari Y., Zamani A. A., Masoumi S. E., Rakhshani E., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Tomanovic S., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012. Diversity and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the farmlands of western Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2): 559 - 584.","Mescheloff E. & Rosen D. 1990 a. Biosystematic studies on the Aphidiidae of Israel (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), 3. The genera Adialytus and Lysiphlebus. Israel Journal of Entomology 24: 35 - 50.","Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","Rakhshani E., Kazemzadeh S., Stary P., Barahoei H., Kavallieratos N. G., Cetkovic A., Popovic A., Bodlah I. & Tomanovic Z. 2012 b. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of northeastern Iran: Aphidiine-aphid-plant associations, key and description of a new species. Journal of Insect Science 12: 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1673 / 031.012.14301","Stary P. 1979. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Central Asian Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","El-Ghiet U. M. A., Edmardash Y. A. E. & Gadallah N. S. 2014. Braconidae diversity (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) in alfalfa fields Medicago sativa L. of some Western Desert Oases. Egyptian Journal of Crop Protection 3 (4): 543 - 556.","Stary P. 1976. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Mediterranean Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague."]}

Aphidius rosae Haliday, 1833 Figs 17, 99, 202, 298, 399, 491, 536 Host records Macrosiphum rosae (L.) (Star�� & Kaddou 1971; Star�� 1976; Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993; Uysal et al. 2004; Mehrparvar et al. 2005; Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Sitobion fragariae (Walker) (D��zg��neş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Uroleucon sp. (?) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Mehrparvar et al. 2005; Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Iraq (Star�� & Kaddou 1971; Star�� 1976); Israel (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b); Tunisia (Ben Halima & Ben Hamouda 1993); Turkey (Central part ��� D��zg��neş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004; Western part ��� Akar & Erdoğan 2017). General distribution Holarctic, Neotropical, Oceanic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 18, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P. & Kaddou I. K. 1971. Fauna and distribution of aphid parasites (Hym.: Aphidiidae) in Iraq. Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 14: 179 - 197.","Stary P. 1976. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Mediterranean Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Ben Halima K. M. & Ben Hamouda M. H. 1993. Les pucerons des cultures protegees et leurs ennemis en Tunisie. Tropicultura 11 (2): 50 - 53.","Uysal M., Stary P., Sahbaz A. & Ozsemerci F. 2004. A review of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Turkey. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 12 (2): 355 - 370.","Mehrparvar M., Hatami B. & Stary P. 2005. Report of Aphidius rosae (Hym.: Braconidae), a parasitoid of rose aphid M acrosiphum rosae (Hom.: Aphididae) from Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 25 (1): 63 - 64.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Tomanovic Z., Kavallieratos N. G. & Manzari S. 2008 a. A review of Aphidius Nees in Iran: host associations, distribution, and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa 1767: 37 - 54.","Talebi A. A., Rakhshani E., Fathipour Y., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Rajabi-Mazhar N. 2009. Aphids and their parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with medicinal plants in Iran. American- Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 3 (2): 205 - 219.","Mossadegh M. S., Stary P. & Salehipour H. 2011. Aphid parasitoids in a dry lowland area of Khuzestan Iran (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Asian Journal of Biological Science 4: 175 - 181. https: // doi. org / 10.3923 / ajbs. 2011.175.181","Nazari Y., Zamani A. A., Masoumi S. E., Rakhshani E., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Tomanovic S., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012. Diversity and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the farmlands of western Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2): 559 - 584.","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Madjdzadeh S. M., Alipour A., Taheri S., Nader E., Mitrovski-Bogdanovic A., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G. & Tomanovic Z. 2013. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of central submountains of Iran. North Western Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 70 - 93.","Duzgunes Z., Toros S., Kilincer N. & Kovanci B. 1982. The Parasites and the Predators of Aphidoidea in Ankara. Turkish Ministry of Agriculture Ankara. [In Turkish].","Mescheloff E. & Rosen D. 1990 b. Biosystematic studies on the Aphidiidae of Israel (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), 4. The genera Pauesia Diaeretus Aphidius and Diaeretiella. Israel Journal of Entomology 24: 51 - 91.","Akar S. & Erdogan O. C. 2017. Contributions to Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) fauna of Turkey with new records. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 18 (2): 89 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.23902 / trkjnat. 282623"]}

Praon uroleucon Tomanović & Kavallieratos, 2003 Figs 161, 261, 360, 461, 598 Host records Lacking host data (Akar & Erdoğan 2017). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Turkey (Akar & Erdoğan 2017). General distribution Western Palaearctic (Southeastern Europe)., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Tomanovic Z., Kavallieratos N. G., Athanassiou C. G. & Stanisavljevic L. Z. 2003. A review of the West Palaearctic aphidiines (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) parasitic on Uroleucon spp., with the description of a new species. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France (N. S.) 39 (4): 343 - 353.","Akar S. & Erdogan O. C. 2017. Contributions to Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) fauna of Turkey with new records. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 18 (2): 89 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.23902 / trkjnat. 282623"]}

Aphidius smithi Sharma & Subba Rao, 1959 Figs 20, 102, 205, 301, 402, 494, 539 Host records Acyrthosiphon kondoi Shinji (González et al. 1978; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2006a); Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (González et al. 1978; Starý 1979; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2006a, 2008a, 2012b; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Nearctaphis bakeri (Cowen) (Barahoei et al. 2013); Sitobion avenae (F.) (?) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Algeria (Laamari et al. 2011); Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2006a, 2008a, 2012b; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Nazari et al. 2012); Iraq (Al-Azawi 1970); Israel (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b); Turkey (Western part – Akar & Erdoğan 2017). General distribution Australasian, Holarctic, Neotropical, Oceanic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 19, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Manzari S., Rezwani A. & Rakhshani H. 2006 a. An investigation on alfalfa aphids and their parasitoids in different parts of Iran, with a key to the parasitoids (Hemiptera: Aphididae; Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 25 (2): 1 - 14.","Stary P. 1979. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Central Asian Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Mescheloff E. & Rosen D. 1990 b. Biosystematic studies on the Aphidiidae of Israel (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), 4. The genera Pauesia Diaeretus Aphidius and Diaeretiella. Israel Journal of Entomology 24: 51 - 91.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Tomanovic Z., Kavallieratos N. G. & Manzari S. 2008 a. A review of Aphidius Nees in Iran: host associations, distribution, and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa 1767: 37 - 54.","Rakhshani E., Kazemzadeh S., Stary P., Barahoei H., Kavallieratos N. G., Cetkovic A., Popovic A., Bodlah I. & Tomanovic Z. 2012 b. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of northeastern Iran: Aphidiine-aphid-plant associations, key and description of a new species. Journal of Insect Science 12: 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1673 / 031.012.14301","Nazari Y., Zamani A. A., Masoumi S. E., Rakhshani E., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Tomanovic S., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012. Diversity and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the farmlands of western Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2): 559 - 584.","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Madjdzadeh S. M., Alipour A., Taheri S., Nader E., Mitrovski-Bogdanovic A., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G. & Tomanovic Z. 2013. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of central submountains of Iran. North Western Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 70 - 93.","Laamari M., Tahar C. S., Benferhat S., Abbes S. B., Merouani H., Ghodbane S., Khenissa N. & Stary P. 2011. Interactions tritrophiques: plante-puceron-hymenoptere parasitoide observees en milieux naturels et cultives de l'Est Algerien. Entomologie Faunistique 63 (3): 115 - 120.","Barahoei H., Madjdzadeh S. M. & Mehrparvar M. 2012. Aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and their tritrophic relationships in Kerman province Southeastern Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 8 (1): 1 - 14.","Al-Azawi A. F. 1970. Some aphid parasitoids from central and south Iraq with notes on their occurrence. Bulletin of Iraq Natural History Museum 4: 27 - 31.","Akar S. & Erdogan O. C. 2017. Contributions to Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) fauna of Turkey with new records. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 18 (2): 89 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.23902 / trkjnat. 282623"]}

Toxares deltiger (Haliday, 1833) Figs 62, 164, 264, 363, 464, 601 Host records Lacking host data (Tomanović et al. 2008). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Turkey (Eastern part – Tomanović et al. 2008). General distribution Holarctic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 49, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Tomanovic Z., Beyerslan A., Erdogan O. C. & Zikic Z. 2008. New records of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from Turkey. Periodicum Biologorum 110 (4): 335 - 338."]}

Aphidius eglanteriae Haliday, 1834 Figs 86, 189, 284, 387, 523 Host records Chaetosiphon tetrarhodum (Walker) (Barjadze et al. 2010). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Turkey (Western part – Barjadze et al. 2010). General distribution Western Palaearctic (Europe)., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 10, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Barjadze S., Karaca I., Yasar B. & Gratiashvili N. 2010. New evidence of parasitoids of pest aphids on roses and grapevine in Turkey (Hem.: Aphididae; Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Journal of Entomology and Acarology Research 42 (3): 143 - 145. https: // doi. org / 10.4081 / jear. 2010.143"]}

Aphidius banksae Kittel, 2016 Figs 82, 185, 281, 383, 479, 519 Host records Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (Chen et al. 1991). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Israel, Turkey – Eastern part (Chen et al. 1991). General distribution Western Palaearctic, Nearctic (imported to USA, not recovered again). Remarks All records of Aphidius staryi Chen & Luhman, 1991 (in Chen et al. 1991) refer to Aphidius banksae Kittel, 2016., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 7, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Kittel R. N. 2016. Eighty-nine replacement names for Braconidae and Ichneumonidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 22 (2): 161 - 174.","Chen J. H., Gonzalez D. & Luhman J. 1991. A new species of Aphidius (Hymenoptera) attacking the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum. Entomophaga 35 (4): 509 - 514. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02375085"]}

Aphidius popovi Starý, 1978 Figs 15, 96, 199, 295, 396, 489, 533 Host records Amphorophora catharinae (Nevsky) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2012b; Barahoei et al. 2013); Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2012b; Barahoei et al. 2013). General distribution Eastern Palaearctic (Central and Western Asia)., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P. & Gonzalez D. 1978. Parasitoid spectrum of Acyrthosiphon aphids in Central Asia (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). Scandinavian Entomology 9: 140 - 145. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631278 X 00089","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Tomanovic Z., Kavallieratos N. G. & Manzari S. 2008 a. A review of Aphidius Nees in Iran: host associations, distribution, and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa 1767: 37 - 54.","Talebi A. A., Rakhshani E., Fathipour Y., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Rajabi-Mazhar N. 2009. Aphids and their parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with medicinal plants in Iran. American- Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 3 (2): 205 - 219.","Nazari Y., Zamani A. A., Masoumi S. E., Rakhshani E., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Tomanovic S., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012. Diversity and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the farmlands of western Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2): 559 - 584.","Rakhshani E., Kazemzadeh S., Stary P., Barahoei H., Kavallieratos N. G., Cetkovic A., Popovic A., Bodlah I. & Tomanovic Z. 2012 b. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of northeastern Iran: Aphidiine-aphid-plant associations, key and description of a new species. Journal of Insect Science 12: 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1673 / 031.012.14301","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Madjdzadeh S. M., Alipour A., Taheri S., Nader E., Mitrovski-Bogdanovic A., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G. & Tomanovic Z. 2013. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of central submountains of Iran. North Western Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 70 - 93.","Barahoei H., Madjdzadeh S. M. & Mehrparvar M. 2012. Aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and their tritrophic relationships in Kerman province Southeastern Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 8 (1): 1 - 14."]}

Ephedrus cerasicola Star��, 1962 Figs 31, 118, 221, 317, 418, 555 Host records Dysaphis plantaginea (Passerini) (Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Myzus cerasi (F.) (Rakhshani 2012); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (D��zg��neş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani 2012); Phorodon humuli (Schrank) (Mokhtari et al. 2000; Star�� et al. 2000); Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (L.) (Mokhtari et al. 2000; Star�� et al. 2000). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Star�� et al. 2000; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Turkey (Central part ��� D��zg��neş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004). General distribution Holarctic, Oceanic., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 27, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Rakhshani E. 2012. Aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with pome and stone fruit trees in Iran. Journal of Crop Protection 1 (2): 81 - 95.","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Madjdzadeh S. M., Alipour A., Taheri S., Nader E., Mitrovski-Bogdanovic A., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G. & Tomanovic Z. 2013. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of central submountains of Iran. North Western Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 70 - 93.","Duzgunes Z., Toros S., Kilincer N. & Kovanci B. 1982. The Parasites and the Predators of Aphidoidea in Ankara. Turkish Ministry of Agriculture Ankara. [In Turkish].","Uysal M., Stary P., Sahbaz A. & Ozsemerci F. 2004. A review of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Turkey. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 12 (2): 355 - 370.","Mokhtari A., Sahragard A., Rezwani A. & Salehi L. 2000. Study on five parasitoid species of the stone fruit aphids in Gilan province. Proceedings of the 14 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Vol. 1: 273. Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan.","Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41."]}

Lysiphlebus fritzmuelleri Mackauer, 1960 Figs 41, 131, 234, 330, 431, 508, 568 Host records Lacking host data (Akar & Erdoğan 2017). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Turkey (Western part ��� Akar & Erdoğan 2017). General distribution Australasian, Eastern Palaearctic (Kazakhstan), Western Palaearctic (Eastern and central Europe), Oceanic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 36, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Mackauer M. 1960. Trioxys (Trioxys) vandenboschi n. sp., ein neuer Blattlaus - Parasit aus dem Iran (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 41 (5 - 6): 359 - 362.","Akar S. & Erdogan O. C. 2017. Contributions to Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) fauna of Turkey with new records. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 18 (2): 89 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.23902 / trkjnat. 282623"]}

Lysiphlebus volkli Tomanović & Kavallieratos, 2018 Host records Aphis verbasci Schrank, Brachycaudus tragopogonis (Kaltenbach) (Tomanović et al. 2018). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Tomanović et al. 2018). General distribution Eastern Palaearctic (Iran), Western Palaearctic (Southeastern Europe)., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Tomanovic Z., Mitrovic M., Petrovic A., Kavallieratos N. G., Zikic V., Ivanovic A., Rakhshani E., Stary P. & Vorburger C. 2018. Revision of the European Lysiphlebus species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) on the basis of COI and 28 SD 2 molecular markers and morphology. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 76 (2): 179 - 213."]}

Aphidius platensis Brèthes, 1913 Figs 14, 95, 198, 294, 395, 488, 532 Material examined SAUDI ARABIA • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Abha-KKU campus; May 2012; Aphis gossypii Glover on Aster squamatus • 1 ♀; Raidah; Apr. 2011; net sweeping • 7 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; Abha; May 2013; on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Abha; May 2013; on Lablab purpureus • 2 ♀♀; Abha-Mahala College campus; Dec. 2012; on Setaria glauca • 1 ♀; Abha-Mahala College campus; Apr. 2013; Aphis solanella Theobald on Solanum nigrum • 13 ♀♀, 8 ♂♂; Abha; Jun. 2012; on Trifolium alexandrinum • 7 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; Abha-Mahala College campus; 6 Mar. 2013; on Trigonella sp.; Z. Ahmad leg. (DPPZ). Host records Amegosiphon platicaudum (Narzikulov) (Nazari et al. 2012); Aphis acetosae L. and Aphis affinis del Guercio (Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis craccivora Koch (Rakhshani et al. 2005a, 2006a, 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis fabae Scopoli (Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2012b; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis gossypii Glover (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Nazari et al. 2012; Current study), Aphis intybi Koch (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis plantaginis Goeze (Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis punicae Passerini (Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2012b; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis solanella Theobald (Barahoei et al. 2013; Current study); Aphis rumicis L. (Rakhshani et al. 2012b); Aphis umbrella (Börner) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Nazari et al. 2012); Brachycaudus amygdalinus (Schouteden) (Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Brachycaudus cardui (L.) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013); Brachycaudus tragopogonis (Kaltenbach) (Barahoei et al. 2013); Capitophorus elaeagni (Del Guercio) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009); Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (Starý et al. 2000); Dysaphis pulverina ssp. iranica Stroyan, Dysaphis radicola (Mordvilko) (Barahoei et al. 2013); Hayhurstia atriplicis (L.) (Rakhshani et al. 2012b); Hyalopterus amygdali (Blanchard) (Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas) (Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Macrosiphum rosae (L.) (?) (Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (Barahoei et al. 2013); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Phorodon humuli (Schrank) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Rakhshani 2012); Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) (Barahoei et al. 2013); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2008b; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2013); Sitobion avenae (F.) (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2013). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Starý et al. 2000; Talebi et al. 2009; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2005a, 2006a, 2008a; 2008b, 2012b; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Saudi Arabia (new record). General distribution Eastern Palaearctic (Middle East), Neotropical (Chile), Oriental. Remarks Based on molecular and morphological studies, this species was separated from Aphidius colemani (Tomanović et al. 2014). All host records of Aphidius colemani Viereck, 1912 in Iran (Barahoei et al. 2014; Farahani et al. 2016) referring to Aphidius platensis. Other records of Aphidius colemani from the Western Asia and records of Aphidius transcaspicus Telenga from the aphids other than Hyalopterus spp. most probably refer to Aphidius platensis., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Nazari Y., Zamani A. A., Masoumi S. E., Rakhshani E., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Tomanovic S., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012. Diversity and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the farmlands of western Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2): 559 - 584.","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Madjdzadeh S. M., Alipour A., Taheri S., Nader E., Mitrovski-Bogdanovic A., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G. & Tomanovic Z. 2013. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of central submountains of Iran. North Western Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 70 - 93.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Kavallieratos N. G., Rezwani A., Manzari S. & Tomanovic Z. 2005 a. Parasitoid complex (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) in Iran. Journal of Pest Science 78: 193 - 198. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10340 - 004 - 0080 - 3","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Manzari S., Rezwani A. & Rakhshani H. 2006 a. An investigation on alfalfa aphids and their parasitoids in different parts of Iran, with a key to the parasitoids (Hemiptera: Aphididae; Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 25 (2): 1 - 14.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Tomanovic Z., Kavallieratos N. G. & Manzari S. 2008 a. A review of Aphidius Nees in Iran: host associations, distribution, and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa 1767: 37 - 54.","Talebi A. A., Rakhshani E., Fathipour Y., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Rajabi-Mazhar N. 2009. Aphids and their parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with medicinal plants in Iran. American- Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 3 (2): 205 - 219.","Taheri S. & Rakhshani E. 2013. Identification of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and determination of their host relationships in Southern Zagros. Journal of Plant Protection (Ferdowsi University Iran) 27 (1): 85 - 95. [In Persian.]","Rakhshani E., Kazemzadeh S., Stary P., Barahoei H., Kavallieratos N. G., Cetkovic A., Popovic A., Bodlah I. & Tomanovic Z. 2012 b. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of northeastern Iran: Aphidiine-aphid-plant associations, key and description of a new species. Journal of Insect Science 12: 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1673 / 031.012.14301","Rakhshani E. 2012. Aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with pome and stone fruit trees in Iran. Journal of Crop Protection 1 (2): 81 - 95.","Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","Mossadegh M. S., Stary P. & Salehipour H. 2011. Aphid parasitoids in a dry lowland area of Khuzestan Iran (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Asian Journal of Biological Science 4: 175 - 181. https: // doi. org / 10.3923 / ajbs. 2011.175.181","Rakhshani E., Tomanovic Z. Stary P., Talebi A. A., Kavallieratos N. G., Zamani A. A. & Stankovic. S. 2008 b. Distribution and diversity of wheat aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran. European Journal of Entomology 105: 863 - 870. https: // doi. org / 10.14411 / eje. 2008.114","Tomanovic Z., Petrovic A., Mitrovic M., Kavallieratos N. G., Stary P., Rakhshani E., Rakhshanipour M., Popovic A., Shukshuk A. H & Ivanovic A. 2014. Molecular and morphological variability within the Aphidius colemani group with redescription of Aphidius platensis Brethes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 104, 552 - 565. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485314000327","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Nader E., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G., Tomanovic Z. & Mehrparvar M. 2014. Checklist of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and their host aphid associations in Iran. Journal of Crop Protection 3 (2): 199 - 232.","Farahani S., Talebi A. A. & Rakhshani E. 2016. Iranian Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea): diversity, distribution and host association. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2 (1): 1 - 92."]}

Aphidius microlophii Pennachio & Tremblay, 1987 Figs 92, 195, 291, 393, 486, 529 Host records Lacking host data (Akar & Erdoğan 2017). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Turkey (Western part – Akar & Erdoğan 2017). General distribution Western Palaearctic (Europe).

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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Ephedrus chaitophori G��rdenfors, 1986 Figs 119, 222, 318, 419, 556 Host records Chaitophorus populeti (Panzer) (Rakhshani et al. 2007b). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Rakhshani et al. 2007b). General distribution Holarctic., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 27, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Gardenfors U. 1986. Taxonomic and biological revision of Palaearctic Ephedrus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Entomologia Scandinavica (Supplement) 27: 1 - 95.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Manzari S. 2007 b. Aphid-parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associations on willows and poplars in the biocorridors of Iran. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53: 281 - 297."]}

Trioxys tanaceticola Starý, 1971 Figs 72, 175, 271, 373, 475, 612 Host records Coloradoa heinzei Börner (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000); Coloradoa absinthii (Lichtenstein) (Talebi et al. 2009); Coloradoa sp. (Barahoei et al. 2014); Titanosiphon neoartemisiae (Takahashi) (?) (Rakhshani et al. 2008c; Talebi et al. 2009). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2008c; Talebi et al. 2009). General distribution Eastern and Western Palaearctic., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P. & Kaddou I. K. 1971. Fauna and distribution of aphid parasites (Hym.: Aphidiidae) in Iraq. Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 14: 179 - 197.","Stary P. 1979. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Central Asian Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","Talebi A. A., Rakhshani E., Fathipour Y., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Rajabi-Mazhar N. 2009. Aphids and their parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with medicinal plants in Iran. American- Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 3 (2): 205 - 219.","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Nader E., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G., Tomanovic Z. & Mehrparvar M. 2014. Checklist of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and their host aphid associations in Iran. Journal of Crop Protection 3 (2): 199 - 232.","Rakhshani E., Kazemzadeh S., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Manzari S., Rezwani A. & Asadi G. 2008 c. Preliminary taxonomic study of genus Trioxys Haliday (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and its host associations in Iran. In: Manzari Sh. (ed) Proceedings of the 18 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress Vol. 1: 97. Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan."]}

Adialytus veronicaecola (Starý, 1978) Figs 5, 77, 180, 276, 378, 503, 514 Host records Aphis craccivora Koch, Aphis gossypii Glover (Rakhshani et al. 2012a). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Rakhshani et al. 2012a); Turkey – Western part (Erdoğan & Akar 2018). General distribution Eastern (Iran, Kazakhstan) and Western Palaearctic (Turkey)., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P. & Gonzalez D. 1978. Parasitoid spectrum of Acyrthosiphon aphids in Central Asia (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). Scandinavian Entomology 9: 140 - 145. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631278 X 00089","Rakhshani E., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012 a. Species of Adialytus Forster, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran: taxonomic notes and tritrophic associations. ZooKeys 221: 81 - 95. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 221.3541","Erdogan O. C. & Akar S. 2018. First record of the species Adialytus veronicaecola (Stary, 1978) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from the West Palaearctic Region. Plant Protection Bulletin 58 (4): 227 - 230. [In Turkish]. https: // doi. org / 10.16955 / bitkorb. 396011"]}

Adialytus salicaphis (Fitch, 1855) Figs 3, 75, 178, 274, 376, 501, 512 Host records Chaitophorus euphraticus Hodjat (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2007b, 2012a; Talebi et al. 2009); Chaitophorus leucomelas Koch (Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2007b, 2012a; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Chaitophorus populeti (Panzer) (Rakhshani et al. 2007b, 2012a); Chaitophorus populialbae (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2007b, 2012a; Barahoei et al. 2013); Chaitophorus remaudierei Pintera (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2007b, 2012a; Talebi et al. 2009; Nazari et al. 2012); Chaitophorus salijaponicus Essig & Kuwana (Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2007b, 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Chaitophorus truncatus (Hausmann) (Rakhshani et al. 2007b; Talebi et al. 2009); Chaitophorus vitellinae (Schrank) (Rakhshani et al. 2007b, 2012a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013); Chaitophorus spp. (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976, 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Rakhshani et al. 2012a, 2012b). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Barahoei et al. 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2007b, 2012a, 2012b; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Iraq (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976); Turkey (Eastern part – Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Western part – Uysal et al. 2004; Erdoğan et al. 2008). General distribution Holarctic, Neotropical, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 5, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Manzari S. 2007 b. Aphid-parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associations on willows and poplars in the biocorridors of Iran. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53: 281 - 297.","Rakhshani E., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012 a. Species of Adialytus Forster, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran: taxonomic notes and tritrophic associations. ZooKeys 221: 81 - 95. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 221.3541","Talebi A. A., Rakhshani E., Fathipour Y., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Rajabi-Mazhar N. 2009. Aphids and their parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with medicinal plants in Iran. American- Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 3 (2): 205 - 219.","Olmez S. & Ulusoy M. R. 2003. A survey of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Diyarbakir Turkey. Phytoparasitica 31 (5): 524 - 528. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02979745","Uysal M., Stary P., Sahbaz A. & Ozsemerci F. 2004. A review of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Turkey. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 12 (2): 355 - 370.","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Madjdzadeh S. M., Alipour A., Taheri S., Nader E., Mitrovski-Bogdanovic A., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G. & Tomanovic Z. 2013. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of central submountains of Iran. North Western Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 70 - 93.","Taheri S. & Rakhshani E. 2013. Identification of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and determination of their host relationships in Southern Zagros. Journal of Plant Protection (Ferdowsi University Iran) 27 (1): 85 - 95. [In Persian.]","Nazari Y., Zamani A. A., Masoumi S. E., Rakhshani E., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Tomanovic S., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012. Diversity and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the farmlands of western Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2): 559 - 584.","Stary P. & Kaddou I. K. 1971. Fauna and distribution of aphid parasites (Hym.: Aphidiidae) in Iraq. Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 14: 179 - 197.","Stary P. 1976. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Mediterranean Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Stary P. 1979. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Central Asian Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Barahoei H., Madjdzadeh S. M. & Mehrparvar M. 2012. Aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and their tritrophic relationships in Kerman province Southeastern Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 8 (1): 1 - 14.","Rakhshani E., Kazemzadeh S., Stary P., Barahoei H., Kavallieratos N. G., Cetkovic A., Popovic A., Bodlah I. & Tomanovic Z. 2012 b. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of northeastern Iran: Aphidiine-aphid-plant associations, key and description of a new species. Journal of Insect Science 12: 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1673 / 031.012.14301","Erdogan O. C., Tomanovic Z. & Beyarslan A. 2008. New aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the region of Marmara Turkey. Acta Entomologica Serbica 13 (1 - 2): 85 - 88."]}

Aphidius absinthii Marshall, 1896 Figs 6, 78, 181, 277, 379, 476, 515 Host records Macrosiphoniella abrotani (Walker) (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2008 a, 2011; Talebi et al. 2009); Macrosiphoniella artemisiae (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Starý 1976; Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2008 a, 2011; Talebi et al. 2009); Macrosiphoniella helichrysi Remaudière (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2011); Macrosiphoniella oblonga (Mordvilko) (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2008 a, 2011; Talebi et al. 2009); Macrosiphoniella pulvera (Walker) (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2011); Macrosiphoniella riedeli Szelegiewicz (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b; Rakhshani et al. 2011); Macrosiphoniella tuberculata (Nevsky) (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2011; Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b – as Macrosiphoniella nr. macrura Hille Ris Lambers); Macrosiphoniella sp. (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2011). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Talebi et al. 2009; Rakhshani et al. 2008 a, 2011); Israel (Mescheloff & Rosen 1990b); Turkey (Starý 1976; Central part – Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Western part – Erdoğan et al. 2008). General distribution Holarctic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 6, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Tomanovic Z., Kavallieratos N. G. & Manzari S. 2008 a. A review of Aphidius Nees in Iran: host associations, distribution, and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa 1767: 37 - 54.","Irshaid L. A. & Hasan H. S. 2011. Bioresidual effect of two insecticides on melon aphid Aphis gossypii Glover (Homoptera: Aphididae) and its parasitoid Aphidius colemani Viereck (Hymenoptera: Brachonidae). American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences 11 (2): 228 - 236.","Talebi A. A., Rakhshani E., Fathipour Y., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Rajabi-Mazhar N. 2009. Aphids and their parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with medicinal plants in Iran. American- Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 3 (2): 205 - 219.","Stary P. 1976. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Mediterranean Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Aslan M. M., Uygun N. & Stary P. 2004. A survey of aphid parasitoids in Kahramanmaras Turkey (Hymenoptera: Braconidae; Aphidiinae; and Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Phytoparasitica 32 (3): 255 - 263. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02979820","Uysal M., Stary P., Sahbaz A. & Ozsemerci F. 2004. A review of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Turkey. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 12 (2): 355 - 370.","Rakhshani E., Tomanovic Z., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G., Ilic S. M., Stankovic S. & Rajabi-Mazhar N. 2011. Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Macrosiphoniella aphids (Hemiptra: Aphididae) in the western Palaearctic region. Journal of Natural History 45: 2560 - 2576. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2011.597004","Stary P. 1979. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Central Asian Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Mescheloff E. & Rosen D. 1990 b. Biosystematic studies on the Aphidiidae of Israel (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), 4. The genera Pauesia Diaeretus Aphidius and Diaeretiella. Israel Journal of Entomology 24: 51 - 91.","Erdogan O. C., Tomanovic Z. & Beyarslan A. 2008. New aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the region of Marmara Turkey. Acta Entomologica Serbica 13 (1 - 2): 85 - 88."]}

Ephedrus helleni Mackauer, 1968 Figs 32, 120, 223, 319, 420, 557 Host records Cavariella aquatica (Gillette & Bragg) (Star�� 1979; Star�� et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2007b; Talebi et al. 2009); Hayhurstia atriplicis (L.) (Barahoei et al. 2014). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Star�� 1979; Star�� et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2007b; Talebi et al. 2009). General distribution Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on pages 27-28, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P. 1979. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Central Asian Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Manzari S. 2007 b. Aphid-parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associations on willows and poplars in the biocorridors of Iran. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53: 281 - 297.","Talebi A. A., Rakhshani E., Fathipour Y., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Rajabi-Mazhar N. 2009. Aphids and their parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with medicinal plants in Iran. American- Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 3 (2): 205 - 219.","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Nader E., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G., Tomanovic Z. & Mehrparvar M. 2014. Checklist of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and their host aphid associations in Iran. Journal of Crop Protection 3 (2): 199 - 232."]}

Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson, 1880) Figs 42, 132, 235, 331, 432, 509, 569 Host records Acyrthosiphon gossypii Mordvilko (Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Aphis astragali Ossiannilsson (Laamari et al. 2012); Aphis aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Yoldaş et al. 2011); Aphis brunnea Ferrari (Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Aphis craccivora Koch (Rakhshani et al. 2005a; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Aphis euphorbiae Kaltenbach (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Aphis fabae Scopoli (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Aphis gossypii Glover (Ben Halima 2011; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015; Ayadi et al. 2017); Aphis illinoisensis Shimer (Havelka et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015; Ayadi et al. 2017); Aphis pomi De Geer (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Mdellel & Ben Halima 2015), Aphis potentillae Nevsky, Aphis punicae (Passerini) and Aphis solanella Theobald (Ayadi et al. 2017); Aphis spiraecola Patch (Labdaoui & Guenaoui 2018); Brachycaudus cardui (L.) and Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (Laamari et al. 2016); Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) (Uysal et al. 2004); Dysaphis foeniculus (Theobald) (Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Dysaphis plantaginea (Passerini); Dysaphis pyri (Boyer de Fonscolombe); Dysaphis tulipae (Boyer de Fonscolombe); Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015); Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas) (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) (Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Ayadi et al. 2017); Uroleucon compositae (Theobald) (Laamari et al. 2012). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Algeria (Havelka et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Chaouche & Laamari 2015; Laamari et al. 2016; Labdaoui & Guenaoui 2018); Egypt (Laboratory population – Adly & El-Gantiry 2014); Iran (Rakhshani et al. 2005a); Libya (Mitrović et al. 2013; Žikić et al. 2015); Tunisia (Ben Halima 2011; Boukhris- Bouhachem 2011; Ayadi et al. 2017); Turkey (Uysal et al. 2004; Western part – Yoldaş et al. 2011). General distribution Cosmopolitan., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Chaouche S. T. & Laamari M. 2015. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and their associations in Biskra province Algeria. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 3 (2): 179 - 184.","Laamari M., Chaouche S. T., Halimi C. W., Benferhat S., Abbes S. B., Khenissa N. & Stary P. 2012. A review of aphid parasitoids and their associations in Algeria (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae; Hemiptera: Aphidoidea). African Entomology 20 (1): 161 - 170. https: // doi. org / 10.4001 / 003.020.0120","Boukhris-Bouhachem S. 2011. Aphid enemies reported from Tunisian citrus orchards. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection 6: 21 - 27.","Yoldas Z., Guncan A. & Koclu T. 2011. Seasonal occurrence of aphids and their natural enemies in Satsuma mandarin orchards in Izmir Turkey. Turkish Journal of Entomology 35 (1): 59 - 74.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Kavallieratos N. G., Rezwani A., Manzari S. & Tomanovic Z. 2005 a. Parasitoid complex (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) in Iran. Journal of Pest Science 78: 193 - 198. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10340 - 004 - 0080 - 3","Laamari M., Tahar C. S., Benferhat S., Abbes S. B., Merouani H., Ghodbane S., Khenissa N. & Stary P. 2011. Interactions tritrophiques: plante-puceron-hymenoptere parasitoide observees en milieux naturels et cultives de l'Est Algerien. Entomologie Faunistique 63 (3): 115 - 120.","Ben Halima K. M. 2011. Effectiveness of Lysiphlebus testaceipes Cresson as biocontrol agent of Aphis gossypii Glover infesting pepper plants. European Journal of Environmental Sciences 1 (1): 28 - 32. https: // doi. org / 10.14712 / 23361964.2015.62","Ayadi M., Stary P., Ben Halima K. M. & Belkadi M. S. 2017. Aphid parasitoid species and their hosts in Western South of Tunisia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae; Hemiptera: Aphididae). Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 27 (2): 223 - 226.","Havelka J., Shukshuk A. H., Ghaliow M. E., Laamari M., Kavallieratos N. G., Tomanovic Z., Rakhshani E., Pons X. & Stary P. 2011. Review of invasive grapevine aphid Aphis illinoisensis Shimer, and native parasitoids in the Mediterranean (Hemiptera: Aphididae; Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Archives of Biological Sciences Belgrade 63 (1): 269 - 274. https: // doi. org / 10.2298 / ABS 1101269 H","Mdellel L. & Ben Halima K. M. 2015. Apple aphid's species and their natural enemies in Tunisian orchards. Journal of New Science Agriculture and Biotechnology 24 (4): 1108 - 1114.","Labdaoui Z. E. & Guenaoui Y. 2018. Some observations on the predominance of Aphis spiraecola on citrus in Northwestern Algeria. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection 13: 147 - 157.","Laamari M., Boughida S. & Merouani H. 2016. Distribution, parasitoids and cyclic appearance of Russian wheat aphid Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko, 1913) (Hemiptera Aphididae) in Algeria. European Journal of Environmental Sciences 6 (2): 103 - 107. https: // doi. org / 10.14712 / 23361964.2016.15","Uysal M., Stary P., Sahbaz A. & Ozsemerci F. 2004. A review of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Turkey. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 12 (2): 355 - 370.","Adly D. & El-Gantiry A. 2014. Defense reactions of the grape aphid Aphis illinoisensis (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to parasitoid species Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Aphelinus albipodus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Journal of Crop Protection 3: 683 - 690.","Mitrovic M., Petrovic A., Kavallieratos N. G., Stary P., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Tomanovic Z. & Vorburger C. 2013. Geographic structure with no evidence for host-associated lineages in European populations of Lysiphlebus testaceipes, an introduced biological control agent. Biological Control 66 (3): 150 - 158. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. biocontrol. 2013.05.007","Zikic V., Stankovic S. S., Ilic-Milosevic M., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Petrovic A., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2015. First detection of Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Aphidiinae) in Serbia: an introduced species invading Europe. North-Western Journal of Zoology 11 (1): 97 - 101."]}

Praon abjectum (Haliday, 1833) Figs 47, 146, 246, 345, 446, 583 Host records Aphis craccivora Koch, Aphis punicae Passerini, Aphis solanella Theobald, Aphis viticis Ferrari, Aphis sp. (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976); Brachycaudus cardui (L.) (Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Rakhshani 2012) Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Rakhshani 2012); Iraq (Starý 1969a, 1976; Starý & Kaddou 1971); Turkey (Western part – Tomanović et al. 2008; Akar & Erdoğan 2017). General distribution Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 41, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Stary P. & Kaddou I. K. 1971. Fauna and distribution of aphid parasites (Hym.: Aphidiidae) in Iraq. Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 14: 179 - 197.","Stary P. 1976. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Mediterranean Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Manzari S., Tomanovic Z., Stary P. & Rezwani A. 2007 a. Preliminary taxonomic study of genus Praon Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and its host associations in Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 26 (2): 19 - 34.","Rakhshani E. 2012. Aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with pome and stone fruit trees in Iran. Journal of Crop Protection 1 (2): 81 - 95.","Stary P. 1969 a. Aphids-ant-parasite relationship in Iraq. Insect Sociaux 4: 269 - 278. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02308999","Tomanovic Z., Beyerslan A., Erdogan O. C. & Zikic Z. 2008. New records of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from Turkey. Periodicum Biologorum 110 (4): 335 - 338.","Akar S. & Erdogan O. C. 2017. Contributions to Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) fauna of Turkey with new records. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 18 (2): 89 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.23902 / trkjnat. 282623"]}

Trioxys metacarpalis Rakhshani & Starý, 2012 Figs 67, 169, 268, 368, 469, 606 Host records Chaitaphis tenuicauda Nevsky (Rakhshani et al. 2012b). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Rakhshani et al. 2012b). General distribution This species has not been reported outside Iran.

Praon longicorne Marshall, 1896 Figs 54, 154, 254, 353, 454, 591 Host records Lacking host data (Tomanović et al. 2008). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Turkey (Central and Eastern part ��� Tomanović et al. 2008). General distribution Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Star��, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., ��krki��, Jelisaveta & Tomanovi��, ��eljko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 44, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Tomanovic Z., Beyerslan A., Erdogan O. C. & Zikic Z. 2008. New records of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from Turkey. Periodicum Biologorum 110 (4): 335 - 338."]}

Ephedrus plagiator (Nees, 1811) Figs 35, 125, 228, 324, 425, 562 Host records Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), Aphis fabae Scopoli, Aphis pomi De Geer (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Brachycaudus cardui (L.) (Starý et al. 2000); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) (Rakhshani 2012); Corylobium avellanae (Schrank) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (Pike et al. 1991; Uysal et al. 2004); Dysaphis crataegi (Kaltenbach) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004); Dysaphis devecta (Walker), Dysaphis plantaginea (Passerini) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Dysaphis pyri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Rakhshani 2012); Dysaphis sp. (Starý 1979); Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Uysal et al. 2004); Macrosiphum sp. (Starý 1976; Uysal et al. 2004); Myzus cerasi (F.) (Mokhtari et al. 2000; Starý et al. 2000); Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae (Schrank) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982 – as Rhopalosiphum insertum (Walker); Uysal et al. 2004), Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2013); Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2014); Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) (Elmali & Toros 1994; Darvish- Mojeni & Bayat-Asadi 1995; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Nazari et al. 2012). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Egypt (Abdel-Rahman 2005; El-Ghiet et al. 2014); Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Nazari et al. 2012); Iraq (Starý 1976); Lebanon (Hussein & Kawar 1984); Turkey (Starý 1976; Uysal et al. 2004; Central part – Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Elmali & Toros 1994; Western part – Erdoğan et al. 2008; Akar & Erdoğan 2017). General distribution Australasian, Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Neotropical, Oceanic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 31, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Duzgunes Z., Toros S., Kilincer N. & Kovanci B. 1982. The Parasites and the Predators of Aphidoidea in Ankara. Turkish Ministry of Agriculture Ankara. [In Turkish].","Uysal M., Stary P., Sahbaz A. & Ozsemerci F. 2004. A review of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Turkey. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 12 (2): 355 - 370.","Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","Rakhshani E. 2012. Aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with pome and stone fruit trees in Iran. Journal of Crop Protection 1 (2): 81 - 95.","Pike K. S., Allison D., Tanigoshi L. K., Harwood R. F., Clement S. L., Halbert S. E., Smith C. M., Johnson J. B., Reed G. L. & Zwer P. K. 1991. Russian Wheat Aphid Biology Damage and Management. Washington Oregon Idaho Pacific Northwest Ext. Publ. PNW 371, Pullman Washington.","Stary P. 1979. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Central Asian Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Hussein M. K. & Kawar N. S. 1984. A study of aphids and their natural enemies in Southern Lebanon. Arab Journal of Plant Protection 2: 17 - 82. [In Arabic].","Stary P. 1976. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Mediterranean Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Mokhtari A., Sahragard A., Rezwani A. & Salehi L. 2000. Study on five parasitoid species of the stone fruit aphids in Gilan province. Proceedings of the 14 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, Vol. 1: 273. Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan.","Rakhshani E., Tomanovic Z. Stary P., Talebi A. A., Kavallieratos N. G., Zamani A. A. & Stankovic. S. 2008 b. Distribution and diversity of wheat aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran. European Journal of Entomology 105: 863 - 870. https: // doi. org / 10.14411 / eje. 2008.114","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Madjdzadeh S. M., Alipour A., Taheri S., Nader E., Mitrovski-Bogdanovic A., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G. & Tomanovic Z. 2013. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of central submountains of Iran. North Western Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 70 - 93.","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Nader E., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G., Tomanovic Z. & Mehrparvar M. 2014. Checklist of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and their host aphid associations in Iran. Journal of Crop Protection 3 (2): 199 - 232.","Elmali M. & Toros S. 1994. Investigations on the natural enemies of aphids damaging to wheat in Konya province. In: Proceedings of the 3 rd Turkish National Congress of Biological Control: 13 - 29. Ege Universitesi, Izmir.","Nazari Y., Zamani A. A., Masoumi S. E., Rakhshani E., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Tomanovic S., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012. Diversity and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the farmlands of western Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2): 559 - 584.","Abdel-Rahman M. A. A. 2005. The relative abundance and species composition of hymenopterous parasitoids attacking cereal aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) infesting wheat plants at Upper Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research 83 (2): 633 - 645.","El-Ghiet U. M. A., Edmardash Y. A. E. & Gadallah N. S. 2014. Braconidae diversity (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) in alfalfa fields Medicago sativa L. of some Western Desert Oases. Egyptian Journal of Crop Protection 3 (4): 543 - 556.","Erdogan O. C., Tomanovic Z. & Beyarslan A. 2008. New aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the region of Marmara Turkey. Acta Entomologica Serbica 13 (1 - 2): 85 - 88.","Akar S. & Erdogan O. C. 2017. Contributions to Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) fauna of Turkey with new records. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 18 (2): 89 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.23902 / trkjnat. 282623"]}

Pauesia pini (Haliday, 1834) Figs 143, 342, 443, 580 Host records Cinara palaestinensis Hille Ris Lambers (Bodenheimer & Swirski 1957; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Israel (Bodenheimer & Swirski 1957; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976). General distribution Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Oriental., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 40, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Bodenheimer F. S. & Swirski E. 1957. The Aphidoidea of the Middle East. Weisman Science Press, Jerusalem.","Avidov Z. & Harpaz L. 1969. Plant Pests of Israel. Israel Universities Press, Jerusalem.","Stary P. 1976. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Mediterranean Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague."]}

Aphidius iranicus Rakhshani & Starý, 2007 Figs 90, 193, 289, 391, 527 Host records Titanosiphon neoartemisiae (Takahashi) (Tomanović et al. 2007; Talebi et al. 2009 – as Titanosiphon bellicosum Nevesky). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Iran (Tomanović et al. 2007; Talebi et al. 2009). General distribution This species has not been recorded outside Iran., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 12, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Manzari S., Tomanovic Z., Stary P. & Rezwani A. 2007 a. Preliminary taxonomic study of genus Praon Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and its host associations in Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 26 (2): 19 - 34.","Tomanovic Z., Rakhshani E., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G., Stanisavljevic L. Z., Zikic V. & Athanassiou C. G. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships between the genera Aphidius Nees and Lysaphidus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) with description of Aphidius iranicus sp. nov. The Canadian Entomologist 139: 297 - 307. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / n 06 - 007","Talebi A. A., Rakhshani E., Fathipour Y., Stary P., Tomanovic Z. & Rajabi-Mazhar N. 2009. Aphids and their parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with medicinal plants in Iran. American- Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 3 (2): 205 - 219."]}

Praon exsoletum (Nees, 1811) Figs 51, 151, 251, 350, 451, 588 Material examined SAUDI ARABIA • 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; Abha; Jun. 2012; Therioaphis trifolii (Monell) on Trifolium alexandrinum; Z. Ahmad leg. (DPPZ). Host records Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (?) (Monajemi & Esmaili 1981; Starý et al. 2000), Therioaphis riehmi (Börner) (van den Bosch 1957; Starý et al. 2000); Therioaphis trifolii (Monell) (Harpaz 1955; van den Bosch 1957; Farahbakhsh 1961; Starý 1979; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Monajemi & Esmaili 1981; Starý & Erdelen 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Rasulian 1989; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2006a, 2007a; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2012b; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Therioaphis sp. (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976). Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa Algeria (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Egypt (Starý 1976); Iran (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2006a, 2007a, 2012b; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Iraq (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976); Israel (Harpaz 1955; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Lebanon (van den Bosch 1957; Starý 1976; Tremblay et al. 1985); Saudi Arabia (Ahmad & Bakr 2013); Turkey (Starý 1976; Eastern part – van den Bosch 1957; Uysal et al. 2004; Western part – Erdoğan et al. 2008; Akar & Erdoğan 2017); Yemen (Starý & Erdelen 1982; Starý et al. 2013). General distribution Afrotropical, Holarctic, Neotropical., Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 43, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562, {"references":["Monajemi N. & Esmaili M. 1981. Population dynamics of alfalfa aphids and their natural controling factors, in Karadj. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 6 (1 - 2): 41 - 63.","Stary P., Remaudiere G., Gonzalez D. & Shahrokhi S. 2000. A review and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Iran. Parasitica 56 (1): 15 - 41.","van den Bosch R. 1957. The spotted alfalfa and its parasites in Mediterranean region, Middle East, and East Africa. Journal of Economic Entomology 50: 352 - 356. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jee / 50.3.352","Harpaz L. 1955. Bionomics of Therioaphis maculata (Buckton) in Israel. Journal of Economic Entomology 48: 668 - 671. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jee / 48.6.668","Farahbakhsh G. 1961. A checklist of economically important insects and other enemies of plants and agricultural products of Iran. Ministry of Agriculture Department of Plant Protection Tehran.","Stary P. 1979. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Central Asian Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Avidov Z. & Harpaz L. 1969. Plant Pests of Israel. Israel Universities Press, Jerusalem.","Stary P. 1976. Aphid Parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of the Mediterranean Area. Dr. W. Junk b. v., The Hague / Academia, Prague.","Stary P. & Erdelen C. 1982. Aphid parasitoids [Hym.: Aphidiidae: Aphelinidae] from the Yemen Arab Republic. BioControl 27 (1): 105 - 108. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02371943","Tremblay E., Kawar N. & Barbagallo S. 1985. Aphids (Homoptera: Aphidoidea) and aphidiines (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Lebanon. Bollettino del Laboratorio di entomologia Agraria Filippo Silvestri Portici 42: 19 - 32.","Rasulian G. 1989. Evaluation of some natural enemies of alfaalfa aphids. In: Proceedings of the 9 th Iranian Plant Protection Congress Vol. 1: 16. Ferdowsi University, Mashhad.","Mescheloff E. & Rosen D. 1988. Biosystematic studies on the Aphidiidae of Israel (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), 2. The genera Ephedrus and Praon. Israel Journal of Entomology 22: 75 - 100.","Uysal M., Stary P., Sahbaz A. & Ozsemerci F. 2004. A review of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of Turkey. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 12 (2): 355 - 370.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Manzari S., Rezwani A. & Rakhshani H. 2006 a. An investigation on alfalfa aphids and their parasitoids in different parts of Iran, with a key to the parasitoids (Hemiptera: Aphididae; Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae). Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 25 (2): 1 - 14.","Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Manzari S., Tomanovic Z., Stary P. & Rezwani A. 2007 a. Preliminary taxonomic study of genus Praon Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and its host associations in Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 26 (2): 19 - 34.","Laamari M., Tahar C. S., Benferhat S., Abbes S. B., Merouani H., Ghodbane S., Khenissa N. & Stary P. 2011. Interactions tritrophiques: plante-puceron-hymenoptere parasitoide observees en milieux naturels et cultives de l'Est Algerien. Entomologie Faunistique 63 (3): 115 - 120.","Laamari M., Chaouche S. T., Halimi C. W., Benferhat S., Abbes S. B., Khenissa N. & Stary P. 2012. A review of aphid parasitoids and their associations in Algeria (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae; Hemiptera: Aphidoidea). African Entomology 20 (1): 161 - 170. https: // doi. org / 10.4001 / 003.020.0120","Rakhshani E., Kazemzadeh S., Stary P., Barahoei H., Kavallieratos N. G., Cetkovic A., Popovic A., Bodlah I. & Tomanovic Z. 2012 b. Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of northeastern Iran: Aphidiine-aphid-plant associations, key and description of a new species. Journal of Insect Science 12: 143. https: // doi. org / 10.1673 / 031.012.14301","Nazari Y., Zamani A. A., Masoumi S. E., Rakhshani E., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Tomanovic S., Stary P. & Tomanovic Z. 2012. Diversity and host associations of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the farmlands of western Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2): 559 - 584.","Barahoei H., Rakhshani E., Madjdzadeh S. M., Alipour A., Taheri S., Nader E., Mitrovski-Bogdanovic A., Petrovic-Obradovic O., Stary P., Kavallieratos N. G. & Tomanovic Z. 2013. Aphid parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of central submountains of Iran. North Western Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 70 - 93.","Stary P. & Kaddou I. K. 1971. Fauna and distribution of aphid parasites (Hym.: Aphidiidae) in Iraq. Acta Faunistica Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 14: 179 - 197.","Ahmad Z. & Bakr R. F. A. 2013. Biosystematics of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from Asir region of Saudi Arabia. World Journal of Applied Sciences and Research 3 (1): 23 - 26.","Erdogan O. C., Tomanovic Z. & Beyarslan A. 2008. New aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in the region of Marmara Turkey. Acta Entomologica Serbica 13 (1 - 2): 85 - 88.","Akar S. & Erdogan O. C. 2017. Contributions to Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) fauna of Turkey with new records. Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences 18 (2): 89 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.23902 / trkjnat. 282623","Stary P., Rakhshani E., Tomanovic Z. Kavallieratos N. G. & Havelka. J. 2013. Order Hymenoptera, family Braconidae - Aphidiinae Aphid parasitoids of the Arabian Peninnsula In: van Harten A. (ed.), Arthropod Fauna of UAE Vol 5: 407 - 425. Al Amal Printing Press. Abu Dhabi."]}