Aphidius matricariae Haliday, 1834

Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., 2017, Identification key, diversity and host associations of parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) of aphids attacking cereal crops in Egypt, Zootaxa 4312 (1), pp. 143-154 : 145-146

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scientific name	Aphidius matricariae Haliday, 1834
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Aphidius matricariae Haliday, 1834 View in CoL

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

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

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

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