title: Parasitoids and hyperparasitoids (Hymenoptera) on aphids (Hemiptera) infesting citrus in east Mediterranean region of Turkey.
abstract: The aphids, aphid parasitoids, and hyperparasitoids found in citrus orchards, the parasitoids' and hyperparasitoids' seasonal abundance, and the plant-aphid-parasitoid relationships in Hatay, Osmaniye, Adana, and Mersin provinces of the east Mediterranean region of Turkey are presented in the present 2-yr study. Aphidius colemani Viereck, Binodoxys angelicae (Haliday), and Lysiphlebus confusus Tremblay and Eady (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) were encountered as the most common parasitoids among 10 identified aphidiine and aphelinid taxa on different citrus species. Hyperparasitoids belonging to the genera Alloxysta, Phaenoglyphis, Asaphes, Pachyneuron, Syrphophagus, and Dendrocerus are reported for the first time emerging from aphids feeding on citrus in Turkey. Among them, Asaphes spp., Pachyneuron spp., and Syrphophagus spp. were recorded as the most common ones. Citrus reticulata Blanco and Citrus limon (L.) Burm. fil. were recorded as main hosts for the aphid parasitoids and their hyperparasitoids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Çukurova University, 01330 Balcalı, Adana, Turkey hserhat@cu.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satar
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Çukurova University, 01330 Balcalı, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gül
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Satar
authors.affiliation: Adana Biological Control Research Station, Kışla Cad. 01321 Yüreğir, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karacaoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Çukurova University, 01330 Balcalı, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nedim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uygun
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 Stefanou Delta str., 14561, Kifissia, Attica, Greece.
authors.forename: Nickolas G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Kavallieratos
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Aphidology, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Starý
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Phytokou str., 38443, Nea Ionia, Magnissia, Greece.
authors.forename: Christos G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Athanassiou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D002957:Citrus; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D012621:Seasons; D014421:Turkey; D014863:Wasps / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Aphelinidae; Aphidiinae; aphid; citrus; hyperparasitoid