Ephedrus plagiator (Nees, 1811)

Figs 35, 125, 228, 324, 425, 562

Host records

Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), Aphis fabae Scopoli, Aphis pomi De Geer (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Brachycaudus cardui (L.) (Starý et al. 2000); Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) (Rakhshani 2012); Corylobium avellanae (Schrank) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (Pike et al. 1991; Uysal et al. 2004); Dysaphis crataegi (Kaltenbach) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004); Dysaphis devecta (Walker), Dysaphis plantaginea (Passerini) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Dysaphis pyri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) (Rakhshani 2012); Dysaphis sp. (Starý 1979); Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Hussein & Kawar 1984; Uysal et al. 2004); Macrosiphum sp. (Starý 1976; Uysal et al. 2004); Myzus cerasi (F.) (Mokhtari et al. 2000; Starý et al. 2000); Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae (Schrank) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982 – as Rhopalosiphum insertum (Walker); Uysal et al. 2004), Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) (Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Uysal et al. 2004); Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2013); Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Barahoei et al. 2014); Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) (Elmali & Toros 1994; Darvish- Mojeni & Bayat-Asadi 1995; Starý et al. 2000; Uysal et al. 2004; Rakhshani et al. 2008b; Nazari et al. 2012).

Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa

Egypt (Abdel-Rahman 2005; El-Ghiet et al. 2014); Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Nazari et al. 2012); Iraq (Starý 1976); Lebanon (Hussein & Kawar 1984); Turkey (Starý 1976; Uysal et al. 2004; Central part – Düzgüneş et al. 1982; Elmali & Toros 1994; Western part – Erdoğan et al. 2008; Akar & Erdoğan 2017).

General distribution

Australasian, Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Neotropical, Oceanic, Oriental.