Aphidius avenae Haliday, 1834

Figs 81, 184, 280, 382, 478, 518

Material examined

SAUDI ARABIA • 1♀; Abha; May 2013; on Jacaranda mimosifolia • 1♀ 1♂; Abha; May 2013; Myzus persicae (Sulzer) on Lectuca virosa • 1♀ 1♂; Abha; Jun. 2012; Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) on Trifolium alexandrinum; Z. Ahmad, leg. (DPPZ) .

Host records

Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (Tremblay et al. 1985; Laamari et al. 2011); Aphis sp. (Uysal et al. 2004); Hyperomyzus lactucae (L.) (Laamari et al. 2011); Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Uysal et al. 2004); Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) (Taheri & Rakhshani 2013) .

Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa

Algeria (Laamari et al. 2011); Iran (Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Lebanon (Tremblay et al. 1985); Morocco (Bleton & Fieuzet 1939); Turkey (Central part – Erdoğan et al. 2008; Western part – Uysal et al. 2004; Erdoğan et al. 2008; Akar & Erdoğan 2017 – as Aphidius picipes (Nees 1811)); Saudi Arabia (new record).

General distribution

Holarctic, Oriental.