First report of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from South Africa

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Muller, L.
Kruger, Kerstin
Kfir, Rami

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Entomological Society of Southern Africa

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In August 2010, Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) was reared from a sample of the potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas), which was collected in the field on Malva parviflora L. (Malvaceae) at the Experimental Farmof the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (25°45’03.6”S 28°15’28.9”E). This is the first record of this parasitoid from SouthAfrica.Voucher specimens are deposited in the South African National Collection of Insects, ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute,Pretoria (ARC-PPRI; accession numbers AcP 9504–AcP 9509).

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Aphidius ervi was identified by P. Star (Biology Centre, Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic). The identity of Macrosiphum euphorbiae was confirmed by I.M. Millar (Biosystematics Division, ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, South Africa). M. Nel (Department of Plant Science, University of Pretoria) identified Malva parviflora.

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Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae), South Africa (SA), Potato aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae)

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Muller, L, Kruger, K & Kfir, R 2014, 'First report of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from South Africa', African Entomology, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 214-215.