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Issue: Vol. 3456 No. 1: 6 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3456.1.2
Page range: 36–50
Abstract views: 33
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Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from Slovenia, with descrip-tion of a new Aphidius species

Department of Agronomy,Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1111 Ljuljana, Slovenia
Department of Agronomy,Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1111 Ljuljana, Slovenia
Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, SER-11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Institute of Entomology, Biology Center, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Repubic, Branišovská 31, CS-370 05 České Budĕjovice, Czech Republic
Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 Stefanou Delta str., 14561, Kifissia, Attica, Greece
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, SER-11081 Zemun, Serbia
Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, SER-11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Hymenoptera Aphidius new species tritrophic associations Aphidiinae Slovenia

Abstract

Over the period 2006–2010, 40 species of primary parasitoids belonging to eleven genera were found and reared from 50 species of host aphids, from a total of 106 host plants collected from 62 localities all around Slovenia. Over 230 tritrophic associations have been reviewed, including four associations which are reported for the first time; Ephedrus plagiator/ Staticobium limonii/ Limonium angustifolium, Praon necans/ Staticobium limonii/ Limonium angustifolium, Aphidius sussi/Delphinobium sp./Aconitum maximum and Ephedrus persicae/Brachyunguis tamaricis/ Tamarix gallica. The parasitoid species from Slovenia have been grouped in seven faunal complexes according to their origin, e.g. 11 species from European deciduous forest, 3 species from Far Eastern deciduous forest, 20 species from Eurasian Steppes, 1 Mediterranean species, 2 species from Holarctic Forest Tundra, 2 species from Boreal Europe, and 1 Nearctic species. Also, a new aphid parasitoid species Aphidius staticobii sp.n. Tomanović and Petrović has been described from the association Staticobium limonii/ Limonium angustifolium.

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