Diaeretiella rapae (M’Intosh)

Akhtar, Mir Samim, Dey, Debjani & Usmani, Mohd. Kamil, 2011, A catalogue of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from India, Insecta Mundi 2011 (151), pp. 1-31 : 10-11

56. Diaeretiella rapae (M’Intosh)

? Aphidius vulgaris Bouche, 1834: 161-162 .

Aphidius rapae M’Intosh, 1855: 194 .

Aphidius (Trionyx) rapae Curtis, 1860: 73-74 .

Diaeretus chenopodii Foerster, 1867: 125 .

Trioxys piceus Cresson, 1880: 260 .

Lipolexis chenopodiaphidis Ashmead, 1889: 671 .

Aphidius brassicae Marshal, 1896: 597-598 .

Diaeretus californicus Baker, 1909: 25 .

Diaeretus nipponensis Viereck, 1911: 182 .

Diaeretus obsoletus Kurdjumov, 1913: 41 .

Diaeretus napus Quilis, 1931: 71-72 .

Diaeretus croaticus Quilis, 1934: 8-9 .

Diaeretus plesiorapae Blanchard, 1940: 45-48 .

Diaeretus aphidum Mukerji and Chatterjee, 1950: 4-6 .

Host. Aphis craccivora ( Atwal et al. 1969) on Solanum tuberosum ( Bhagat and Ahmad 1991) ; A. gossypii (Sethumadhavan and Dharmadhikari 1969) ; A. ruborum longisetosus on Punica granatum (Saha et al. 1982) ; Brachycaudus helichrysi on Prunus amygdalus ( Das and Chakrabarti 1990) ; Brevicoryne brassicae (Rao et al. 1970; Sethumadhavan and Dharmadhikari 1969) on Brassicaceae plant ( Bhagat and Ahmad 1991), Cabbage ( Batra and Wahdi 1962), Brassica nigra , B. oleracea , Raphanus sativus (Saha et al. 1982) , Brassica sp. (Stary and Ghosh 1975), Descorina sofia (Takada and Rishi 1980), Raphanus sativus (Singh et al. 1999) ; Hayhurstia atriplicis (Linnaeus) (Sethumadhavan and Dharmadhikari 1969) on Chenopodium album ( Das and Chakrabarti 1990) ; Lipaphis erysimi ( Atwal et al. 1971; Kundu et al. 1966; Rao et al. 1969; Subhrani et al. 2006) on Brassica campestris ( Bhagat and Ahmad 1991) var. cauliflower (Singh et al. 1999) , Brassica junce var. M27, rugose, capitata (Subhrani et al. 2006), B. napus (Stary and Ghosh 1978) , B. oleracea ( Agarwala et al. 1980) , Mustard ( Akhtar et al. 2006), Brassica sp. (Saha et al. 1982); Macrosiphoniella pseudoartemisae on Brassica sp. (Saha et al. 1982); Metopolophium (Metopolophium) dirhodum (Walker) ( Anonymous 1968) on Grass (Saha et al. 1982); Myzus persicae ( Atwal et al. 1969; Rao et al. 1970; Sethumadhavan and Dharmadhikari, 1969) on Mirabilis jalapa , Raphanus sativa (Saha et al. 1982) , Descorina sofia (Takada and Rishi 1980); Sitobion avenae eleusinae (Theobald) ( Atwal et al. 1969) , Macrosiphum rosaeformis on Rosa sp. (Saha et al. 1982); Unidentified Aphids ( Bhagat and Ahmad 1991).

Distribution. Assam (Rao et al. 1969); Himachal Pradesh (Saha et al. 1982; Batra and Wahdi 1962); Jammu and Kashmir ( Bhagat and Ahmad 1991; Rao et al. 1970; Takada and Rishi 1980); Karnataka (Sethumadhavan and Dharmadhikari 1969; Rao et al. 1969, 1970); Manipur (Subhrani et al. 2006); Meghalaya (Stary and Ghosh 1975, 1978); Punjab ( Atwal et al. 1969, 1971); Sikkim ( Agarwala et al. 1980); Uttar Pradesh ( Anonymous 1968; Rao et al. 1970; Singh et al. 1999; Das and Chakrabarti 1990; Akhtar et al. 2006).