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

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dc.contributor.author Muller, L.
dc.contributor.author Kruger, Kerstin
dc.contributor.author Kfir, Rami
dc.date.accessioned 2014-09-02T08:35:33Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.description 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. en_US
dc.description.abstract 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). en_US
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dc.identifier.citation 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. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1021-3589
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41887
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Entomological Society of Southern Africa en_US
dc.rights Entomological Society of Southern Africa en_US
dc.subject Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) en_US
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_US
dc.subject Potato aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae) en_US
dc.title First report of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from South Africa en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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