Ephedrus persicae Froggatt 1904
Creators: name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Barahoei, Hossein
name: Ahmad, Zubair
name: Starý, Petr
name: Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa
name: Mehrparvar, Mohsen
name: Kavallieratos, Nickolas G.
name: Čkrkić, Jelisaveta
name: Tomanović, Željko
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Ephedrus
Ephedrus persicae

description: Ephedrus persicae Froggatt, 1904
Figs 34, 124, 227, 323, 424, 561
Material examined
SAUDI ARABIA • 1 ♂; Raidah; Apr. 2011; net sweeping; Z. Ahmad leg. (DPPZ).
Host records
Absinthaphis sp. (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Acyrthosiphon malvae (Mosley) (Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (Laamari et al. 2011); Aphis affinis del Guercio (Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Rosen 1967, 1969; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Yoldaş et al. 2011); Aphis brunnea Ferrari, Aphis chloris Koch (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Aphis craccivora Koch (Mackauer 1963; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2005a, 2006a; Žikić et al. 2009; Laamari et al. 2011; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Nazari et al. 2012); Aphis epilobiaria Theobald (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Aphis fabae Scopoli (Al-Azawi 1970; Starý 1976, 1979; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Uysal et al. 2004; Žikić et al. 2009; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis fabae cirsiiacanthoidis Scopoli (Uysal et al. 2004); Aphis gossypii Glover (Al-Azawi 1970; Starý 1976; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Tremblay et al. 1985; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Abou-Fakhr & Kawar 1998; Uysal et al. 2004; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Satar et al. 2014; Ayadi et al. 2017); Aphis hederae Kaltenbach, Aphis intybi Koch (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2014); Aphis plantaginis Goeze (Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis pomi De Geer (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Aphis punicae Passerini (Mackauer 1963; Starý & Sekkat 1987; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Starý et al. 2000; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Aphis ruborum (Börner) (Starý 1976; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Aphis solanella Theobald (Tremblay et al. 1985); Aphis umbrella (Börner) (Starý 1976; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Tremblay et al. 1985; Abou- Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Aphis verbasci Schrank, Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988 – as Aphis zizyphi Theobald); Brachycaudus amygdalinus (Schouteden) (Bodenheimer & Swirski 1957; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976; Starý & Sekkat 1987; Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Uysal et al. 2004; Talebi et al. 2009; Žikić et al. 2009; Jafari et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2012b); Brachycaudus cardui (L.) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Žikić et al. 2009); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) (Starý 1979; Erkin 1983; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Žikić et al. 2009; Laamari et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Satar et al. 2014); Brachyunguis tamaricis (Lichtenstein) (Starý 1976, 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Laamari et al. 2012); Cavariella aegopodii (Scopoli); Cavariella theobaldi (Gillette & Bragg) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (Starý et al. 2000); Dysaphis crataegi (Kaltenbach) (Talhouk 1961; Starý 1976; Starý et al. 2000); Dysaphis devecta (Walker) (Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Žikić et al. 2009); Dysaphis foeniculus (Theobald) (Talebi et al. 2009); Dysaphis plantaginea (Passerini) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Erkin 1983; Hussein & Kawar 1984 – as Dysaphis mali (Ferrari); Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Dysaphis pyri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Mackauer 1963; Erkin 1983; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Žikić et al. 2009; Rakhshani 2012); Dysaphis reaumuri (Mordvilko) (Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Eulachnus tuberculostemmatus (Theobald) (?) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Hayhurstia atriplicis (L.) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Barahoei et al. 2013); Hyadaphis coriandri (Das) (Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2014); Hyadaphis foeniculi (Passerini) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Hyalopterus amygdali (Blanchard) (Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Jafari et al. 2011; Jafari & Modarres Awal 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Erkin 1983; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988; Uysal et al. 2004; Aslan & Karaca 2005); Macchiatiella rhamni (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Abou-Fakhr 1982; Abou- Fakhr & Kawar 1998); Melanaphis donacis (Passerini) (Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2008b); Myzus cerasi (Fabricius) (Erkin 1983; Aslan et al. 2004; Uysal et al. 2004; Žikić et al. 2009; Rakhshani 2012); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Starý 1974; Erkin 1983; Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Karaat & Goven 1986; Uysal et al. 2004; Talebi et al. 2009; Žikić et al. 2009; Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Laamari et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Hasan 2016); Phorodon humuli (Schrank) (Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) (Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1976, 1979; Gärdenfors 1986; Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Starý 1979; Gärdenfors 1986; Özder & Toros 1999; Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Gadallah et al. 2017); Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Žikić et al. 2009; Rakhshani et al. 2012b); Sipha maydis Passerini (?) (Starý et al. 2000); Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) (Starý et al. 2000; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002; Barahoei et al. 2013; Gadallah et al. 2017).
Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa
Algeria (Starý 1976; Gärdenfors 1986; Laamari et al. 2011, 2012); Egypt (Gärdenfors, 1986; El- Heneidy & Abdel-Samad 2001; El-Heneidy et al. 2001, 2002, 2003; El-Ghiet et al. 2014); Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2005a, 2006a, 2008b, 2012b; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Barahoei et al. 2012, 2013; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani 2012; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Iraq (Al-Azawi 1970; Starý 1976; Žikić et al. 2009); Israel (Rosen 1967, 1969; Bodenheimer & Swirski 1957; Avidov & Harpaz 1969; Starý 1974, 1976; Gärdenfors, 1986; Mescheloff & Rosen 1988); Jordan (Hasan 2016); Lebanon (Talhouk 1961; Mackauer & Starý 1967; Starý 1974, 1976; Abou-Fakhr 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Tremblay et al. 1985); Libya (Starý 1976); Morocco (Starý & Sekkat 1987); Syria (Starý 1974, 1976); Tunisia (Boukhris-Bouhachem 2011; Ayadi et al. 2017); Turkey (Uysal et al. 2004; Eastern part – Karaat & Goven 1986; Ölmez & Ulusoy 2003; Central part – Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Zeren & Düzgüneş 1983; Aslan et al. 2004; Satar et al. 2014; Western part – Erkin 1983; Özder & Toros 1999; Aslan & Karaca 2005; Žikić et al. 2009; Yoldaş et al. 2011; Akar & Erdoğan 2017); UAE (Starý et al. 2013); Yemen (Starý et al. 2013).
General distribution
Cosmopolitan.
description: Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on pages 29-30, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562