Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) occurring in agricultural environments, forests and urban areas in Poland

Abstract

The authors of the article used literature data to present the species diversity of the Aphidiinae (Braconidae) subfamily in agricultural crops, forests and urban green space in Poland. In total, 83 species of parasitoids were found in all the environments. Aphidiinae preferred forests most: 61 species of the parasitoids were found there. The agricultural and urban environments did not attract so many Aphidiinae parasitoid species as forests. There were 41 species found in the agricultural environment and 38 species in the urban green space. All the environments were infested by the following 15 species: Aphidius ervi, A. matricariae, A. picipes, A. salicis, A. setiger, A. sonchi, Diaeretiella rapae, Ephedrus persicae, E. plagiator, Lysiphlebus ambiguous, L. fabarum, Praon abjectum, P. volucre, Trioxys acalephae and T. angelicae.