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

dc.contributor.authorMuller, L.
dc.contributor.authorKruger, Kerstin
dc.contributor.authorKfir, Rami
dc.contributor.emailkkruger@zoology.up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-02T08:35:33Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionAphidius 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.abstractIn 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
dc.description.librarianam2014en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_ento.htmlen_US
dc.identifier.citationMuller, 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.issn1021-3589
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/41887
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEntomological Society of Southern Africaen_US
dc.rightsEntomological Society of Southern Africaen_US
dc.subjectAphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae)en_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_US
dc.subjectPotato aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae)en_US
dc.titleFirst report of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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