Notes on Aphidius ephippium Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae).

Abstract

In this paper the redescription of Diaeretus ephippium (Haliday) is given. Only the female of this species was known up to now and it was included in the genus Aphidius. On the ground of material reared in Czechoslovakia it was stated that the wings are fully developed in the male which was unknown to this time. According to many characters, especially to those in the neuration of wings in the male, and to those in the female genitalia, it is necessary to place this species in the genus Diaeretus Förster (n. comb.).