Title : ( A host record for a strictly specific aphid parasitoid Aphidius smithi (Braconidae: Aphidiinae): the food plant-host aphid-parasitoid association puzzle acquires a new piece )
Authors: Minoo Heidari Latibari , Gholamhossein Moravvej , Ehsan Rakhshani , Javad Karimi , Diana Carolina Arias-Penna ,
Full TextAbstract
Aphidius smithi Sharma & Subba Rao (Hymenoptera: Aphidiinae) is reported parasitising Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae, cowpea aphid) which feeds on Medicago sativa L. (Fabales: Fabaceae, alfalfa) arable lands. This is the first record for this food plant-host aphid-primary parasitoid association. The known host range and global distribution for Aphidius smithi are reviewed and discussed. An overview of the relationship between this novel primary parasitoid-host aphid, their symbionts, and host changes is addressed.
Keywords
, Alfalfa aphids, Aphis craccivora, biological control, parasitoid, tritrophic interactions
@article{paperid:1091546,
author = {Heidari Latibari, Minoo and Moravvej, Gholamhossein and Ehsan Rakhshani and Karimi, Javad and Diana Carolina Arias-Penna},
title = {A host record for a strictly specific aphid parasitoid
Aphidius smithi
(Braconidae: Aphidiinae): the food plant-host aphid-parasitoid association puzzle acquires a new piece},
journal = {Biocontrol Science and Technology},
year = {2022},
volume = {32},
number = {12},
month = {December},
issn = {0958-3157},
pages = {1389--1402},
numpages = {13},
keywords = {Alfalfa aphids; Aphis craccivora; biological control; parasitoid; tritrophic interactions},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T A host record for a strictly specific aphid parasitoid
Aphidius smithi
(Braconidae: Aphidiinae): the food plant-host aphid-parasitoid association puzzle acquires a new piece
%A Heidari Latibari, Minoo
%A Moravvej, Gholamhossein
%A Ehsan Rakhshani
%A Karimi, Javad
%A Diana Carolina Arias-Penna
%J Biocontrol Science and Technology
%@ 0958-3157
%D 2022
