A new species of Aphidius Nees, 1818 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) attacking Uroleucon aphids (Homoptera, Aphididae) from Iran and Iraq

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 40, Issue 32-34, 2006, Pages 1923-1929

  Rakhshani, Ehsan ^a   Talebi, Ali Asghar ^a   Starý, Petr ^b   Tomanović, Željko ^c   Manzari, Shahab ^d   Kavallieratos, Nickolas G ^e   Ćetković, Aleksandar ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^e BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aphidiinae; Aphidius; Iran; Iraq; Uroleucon

Indexed keywords

APHID; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; NEW SPECIES; PALEARCTIC REGION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; APHIDIUS; APHIDIUS FUNEBRIS; BRACONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; UROLEUCON;

EID: 33845709911     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930601046451     Document Type: Article

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