Aphidius platensis Brethes 1913
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
Aphidius
Aphidius platensis

description: Aphidius platensis Brèthes, 1913
Figs 14, 95, 198, 294, 395, 488, 532
Material examined
SAUDI ARABIA • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Abha-KKU campus; May 2012; Aphis gossypii Glover on Aster squamatus • 1 ♀; Raidah; Apr. 2011; net sweeping • 7 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; Abha; May 2013; on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Abha; May 2013; on Lablab purpureus • 2 ♀♀; Abha-Mahala College campus; Dec. 2012; on Setaria glauca • 1 ♀; Abha-Mahala College campus; Apr. 2013; Aphis solanella Theobald on Solanum nigrum • 13 ♀♀, 8 ♂♂; Abha; Jun. 2012; on Trifolium alexandrinum • 7 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; Abha-Mahala College campus; 6 Mar. 2013; on Trigonella sp.; Z. Ahmad leg. (DPPZ).
Host records
Amegosiphon platicaudum (Narzikulov) (Nazari et al. 2012); Aphis acetosae L. and Aphis affinis del Guercio (Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis craccivora Koch (Rakhshani et al. 2005a, 2006a, 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis fabae Scopoli (Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2012b; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis gossypii Glover (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Nazari et al. 2012; Current study), Aphis intybi Koch (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis plantaginis Goeze (Barahoei et al. 2013); Aphis punicae Passerini (Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2012b; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Aphis solanella Theobald (Barahoei et al. 2013; Current study); Aphis rumicis L. (Rakhshani et al. 2012b); Aphis umbrella (Börner) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Nazari et al. 2012); Brachycaudus amygdalinus (Schouteden) (Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Brachycaudus cardui (L.) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Barahoei et al. 2013); Brachycaudus tragopogonis (Kaltenbach) (Barahoei et al. 2013); Capitophorus elaeagni (Del Guercio) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009); Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (Starý et al. 2000); Dysaphis pulverina ssp. iranica Stroyan, Dysaphis radicola (Mordvilko) (Barahoei et al. 2013); Hayhurstia atriplicis (L.) (Rakhshani et al. 2012b); Hyalopterus amygdali (Blanchard) (Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas) (Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Macrosiphum rosae (L.) (?) (Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (Barahoei et al. 2013); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Talebi et al. 2009; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Phorodon humuli (Schrank) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a; Rakhshani 2012); Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) (Barahoei et al. 2013); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2008b; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013); Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2013); Sitobion avenae (F.) (Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2008a, 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2013).
Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa
Iran (Starý et al. 2000; Talebi et al. 2009; Mossadegh et al. 2011; Nazari et al. 2012; Rakhshani et al. 2005a, 2006a, 2008a; 2008b, 2012b; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Saudi Arabia (new record).
General distribution
Eastern Palaearctic (Middle East), Neotropical (Chile), Oriental.
Remarks
Based on molecular and morphological studies, this species was separated from Aphidius colemani (Tomanović et al. 2014). All host records of Aphidius colemani Viereck, 1912 in Iran (Barahoei et al. 2014; Farahani et al. 2016) referring to Aphidius platensis. Other records of Aphidius colemani from the Western Asia and records of Aphidius transcaspicus Telenga from the aphids other than Hyalopterus spp. most probably refer to Aphidius platensis.
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 15-16, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562