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In this study, a total of 108 Aphidiinae species, belonging to 18 genera, associated with 240 aphid species in 16 countries of the Middle East and North Africa are reviewed. 743 host aphidparasitoid associations are listed. New material was collected from various regions of Saudi Arabia during 2011–2013. Three species including Aphidius avenae Haliday, 1834, Aphidius platensis Brèthes, 1913 and Praon barbatum Mackauer, 1967 are first recorded for the fauna of this country. Lysiphlebus marismortui Mescheloff & Rosen, 1990 syn. nov. is classified as the junior synonym of Lysiphlebus confusus Tremblay & Eady, 1978. An illustrated up-to-date key to all known species of Aphidiinae that occur in the Middle East and North Africa is provided. The findings are discussed in relation to the overall parasitoid-aphid associations in the target investigated region.
Keys and diagnoses of North European aphids (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) associated with mosses, horsetails and ferns are given, based on fresh and freeze-dried material. Numerous externally visible and thus informative characters, that are absent in cleared, slide-mounted specimens, such as body shape colours, wax coating and pattern etc., are utilized. Most of the species are illustrated by photographs of live specimens and drawings. Root-feeding species living in the moss layer or otherwise often present in moss samples are also included, even if their hosts were spermatophytes. The combination of colour images and diagnoses, utilizing easily observed characters, allows the identification of a large number of species already in the field, and many more at home with the aid of a stereo microscope. Host plant relationships and association with ants are summarised, including new records. Brief accounts on aphid life cycles, freeze-drying preparation techniques, etc. are also given to support the use of the keys.
Fababohnen (Vicia faba L.) nehmen in der Ökologischen Landwirtschaft als Protein- und N-Quelle eine wichtige Stellung in der Fruchtfolge ein (Lampkin 1994; Müller & von Fragstein und Niemsdorff 2006). Als ertragslimitierende Faktoren spielen neben Wasserknappheit auch Schaderreger wie Insekten, Pilze und verschiedene Viruserkrankungen (Cockbain 1983) eine wichtige Rolle. Virusbedingte Ertragseinbußen wurden von Schmidt (1984) in konventionellen Fababohnen Ostdeutschlands auf jährlich ca. 8% geschätzt. Unter den nicht-chemischen Verfahren zur Minderung von vektorvermittelten Viruserkrankungen in Ackerkulturen, mit zugleich potentieller Eignung für ökologische Anbauverhältnisse, gehört neben der Frühsaat (Heathcote & Gibbs 1962) auch die Anwendung von Strohmulch. Mulchen erzielte insbesondere bei nicht-persistenterÜbertragung durch Blattläuse virusreduzierende Effekte in Lupinen. (Jones 1994), Kartoffeln (Heimbach & al. 1998; Saucke & Döring 2004) und Raps (& al. 2002). Ziele der vorliegenden Arbeit bildeten die Anwendung von Strohmulch in Kombination mit Früh- und Spätsaat in einem faktoriellen Parzellenversuch im Ökologischen Anbau von Fababohnen hinsichtlich der Auswirkungen auf Blattlausbesiedelung, Virusinfektionen, Pflanzenentwicklung und Ertrag.