TY  - JOUR
AU  - Petrović, A.
AU  - Mitrović, Milana
AU  - Ghaliow, M.E.
AU  - Ivanović, Ana
AU  - Kavallieratos, Nickolas G.
AU  - Stary, Petr
AU  - Tomanović, Željko
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://plantarum.izbis.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/527
AB  - Species that belong to the Aphidius eadyi group have been used as biocontrol agents against Acyrthosiphon pisum worldwide. However, despite their extensive use, there are still gaps in our knowledge about their taxonomy and distribution. In this study, we employed an integrative taxonomic approach by combining genetic analyses (mtDNA COI barcoding) with standard morphological analyses and geometric morphometrics of forewing shape. We identified three species within the A. eadyi species group, viz., A. smithi, A. eadyi and A. banksae. Genetic separation of all three species was confirmed, with mean genetic distances between species ranging from 5 to 7.4%. The following morphological characters were determined as the most important for separating species of the A. eadyi group: number and shape of costulae on the anterolateral part of the petiole, shape of the central areola on the propodeum, and shape and venation of the forewings. The differences in wing shape of all three species were statistically significant, but with some overlapping. We identified A. banksae as a widely distributed pea aphid parasitoid, whose known range covers most of the western Palaearctic (from the UK to Israel). Aphidius banksae is diagnosed and redescribed.
PB  - Cambridge Univ Press, Cambridge
T2  - Bulletin of Entomological Research
T1  - Resolving the taxonomic status of biocontrol agents belonging to the Aphidius eadyi species group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae): an integrative approach
EP  - 14
SP  - 1
DO  - 10.1017/S000748531800055X
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Petrović, A. and Mitrović, Milana and Ghaliow, M.E. and Ivanović, Ana and Kavallieratos, Nickolas G. and Stary, Petr and Tomanović, Željko",
year = "2018",
abstract = "Species that belong to the Aphidius eadyi group have been used as biocontrol agents against Acyrthosiphon pisum worldwide. However, despite their extensive use, there are still gaps in our knowledge about their taxonomy and distribution. In this study, we employed an integrative taxonomic approach by combining genetic analyses (mtDNA COI barcoding) with standard morphological analyses and geometric morphometrics of forewing shape. We identified three species within the A. eadyi species group, viz., A. smithi, A. eadyi and A. banksae. Genetic separation of all three species was confirmed, with mean genetic distances between species ranging from 5 to 7.4%. The following morphological characters were determined as the most important for separating species of the A. eadyi group: number and shape of costulae on the anterolateral part of the petiole, shape of the central areola on the propodeum, and shape and venation of the forewings. The differences in wing shape of all three species were statistically significant, but with some overlapping. We identified A. banksae as a widely distributed pea aphid parasitoid, whose known range covers most of the western Palaearctic (from the UK to Israel). Aphidius banksae is diagnosed and redescribed.",
publisher = "Cambridge Univ Press, Cambridge",
journal = "Bulletin of Entomological Research",
title = "Resolving the taxonomic status of biocontrol agents belonging to the Aphidius eadyi species group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae): an integrative approach",
pages = "14-1",
doi = "10.1017/S000748531800055X"
}

Petrović, A., Mitrović, M., Ghaliow, M.E., Ivanović, A., Kavallieratos, N. G., Stary, P.,& Tomanović, Ž.. (2018). Resolving the taxonomic status of biocontrol agents belonging to the Aphidius eadyi species group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae): an integrative approach. in Bulletin of Entomological Research
Cambridge Univ Press, Cambridge., 1-14.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S000748531800055X

Petrović A, Mitrović M, Ghaliow M, Ivanović A, Kavallieratos NG, Stary P, Tomanović Ž. Resolving the taxonomic status of biocontrol agents belonging to the Aphidius eadyi species group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae): an integrative approach. in Bulletin of Entomological Research. 2018;:1-14.
doi:10.1017/S000748531800055X .

Petrović, A., Mitrović, Milana, Ghaliow, M.E., Ivanović, Ana, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Stary, Petr, Tomanović, Željko, "Resolving the taxonomic status of biocontrol agents belonging to the Aphidius eadyi species group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae): an integrative approach" in Bulletin of Entomological Research (2018):1-14,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S000748531800055X . .