Syrphophagus aphidivorus (Mayr)

Hayat, Mohammad, Ahmad, Zubair & Khan, Farmanur Rehman, 2014, Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Zootaxa 3793 (1), pp. 1-59 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4539037A-4B05-4E37-8B65-2DF0FE753BAE
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6141512
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B987C8-FFC1-FFA2-FF1A-70A4FAD755ED
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Syrphophagus aphidivorus (Mayr)
status

Treatment

Syrphophagus aphidivorus (Mayr) View in CoL

( Figs 130–132 View FIGURES 130 – 132 )

Encyrtus aphidivorus Mayr, 1876: 724 View in CoL , ♀, ♂. Austria.

Aphidencyrtus aphidivorus (Mayr) View in CoL : Mercet, 1921: 345 –347, ♀, ♂, redescription, figure. Syrphophagus aphidivorus (Mayr) View in CoL : Noyes & Hayat, 1984: 339, taxonomy. Trjapitzin, 1989: 196, key, hosts, distribution. Hayat, 2006: 190, 191, key, figures, Indian hosts.

Material examined. KSA: Al-Qassim: Unaizah, 30.v.2013 (35F [collection number]), Coll. F.R. Khan (1 ♀, on slide, EH.1690); Al-Qassim: Buraidah, Bakeria, 15.xi.2012 (19F), Coll. F.R. Khan (1 ♀); Buraidah, Melida, 6.xi.2012 (9F), Coll. F.R. Khan (1 ♀) ( ZDAMU).

Comments. This is a well-known parasitoid of aphids ( Hemiptera : Aphidoidea), and has been dealt with by several authors ( Mercet 1921; De Santis 1964; Hayat 2006, to cite only three references). A few figures are given here to aid in its recognition ( Figs 130–132 View FIGURES 130 – 132 ).

Syrphophagus aphidivorus is a widely distributed species, and is newly recorded from Saudi Arabia .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
SuperFamily	Chalcidoidea
Family	Encyrtidae
Genus	Syrphophagus