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A new Aphidius Nees species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a parasitoid of Acyrthosiphon malvae (Mosley, 1841) in Europe

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Here we describe Aphidius erodii sp. n. associated with Acyrthosiphon malvae (Mosley, 1841), which is a pest on herbaceous ornamental Geranium and Pelargonium plants, but also an increasingly serious pest of strawberry in Northern and Western Europe. Aphidius erodii sp. n. is diagnosed on the basis of the COI barcode gene and morphological traits, illustrations of which are provided. In addition, we discuss phylogenetic relationships of all Aphidius species parasitizing A. malvae in Europe.

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This study was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. We thank Korana Kocić and Jelisaveta Čkrkić (University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology) for technical assistance.

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  1. Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Andjeljko Petrović & Željko Tomanović

  2. Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas (I 2 SysBio), Universidad de Valencia-CSIC, 46071, Valencia, Spain

    Nicolas Pérez Hidalgo

  3. Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology (ICBiBE), Universitat de València, 46980, València, Spain

    José Manuel Michelena Saval

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Petrović, A., Pérez Hidalgo, N., Michelena Saval, J. et al. A new Aphidius Nees species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a parasitoid of Acyrthosiphon malvae (Mosley, 1841) in Europe. Phytoparasitica 49, 93–101 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-020-00860-1

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