{"id":10929,"date":"2026-04-26T10:50:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/?p=10929"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:50:32","slug":"first-record-of-the-parasitoid-lysiphlebus-testaceipes-cresson-1880-hymenoptera-braconidae-aphidiinae-on-the-black-citrus-aphid-toxoptera-aurantii-fonscolombe-1841-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/?p=10929","title":{"rendered":"First record of the parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson, 1880) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) on the black citrus aphid Toxoptera aurantii (Fonscolombe, 1841) in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Amena A. Alrostom *1, Ensaf H. Akel 2, and Nabil H. Abo Kaf 1<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">1 Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Latakia, Latakia, Syria. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">2General Commisson for Agricultural Scientific Research, Latakia Research Center, Syria. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">(*Corresponding author: Amena A. Alrostom , E-Mail: <a href=\"amena.alrostom82@gmail.com\">amena.alrostom82@gmail.com<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Received:<\/strong> 10\/ 04\/ 2025\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Accepted:<\/strong> 7\/ 09\/ 2025 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 17px;\"><strong>Abstract:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: 17px;\">During the research and investigation of parasitoid species associated with the black citrus aphid Toxoptera aurantii on citrus plants (<em>Citrus spp<\/em>.) at the Bouqa Center for Plant Research and Production, affiliated with the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering at Lattakia University, Latakia, Syria, during the spring months (March and April) of the years 2022, 2023, and 2024. Samples of T. aurantii and its mummies were collected from infested plant leaves using transparent bags, then transferred to the economic entomology laboratory. Each sample was isolated in a separate 2 ml tube, examined under a stereomicroscope, and identified based on the taxonomic key of Star\u00fd (1976). The parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes was identified. This represents the first record of this species on the black citrus aphid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong>Keywords: <\/strong><strong>Lysiphlebus testaceipes, Toxoptera aurantii, Black Citrus Aphid, Latakia.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Full paper in Arabic: <a href=\"http:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/wp-content\/uploads\/v13n2p2.pdf\">pdf<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amena A. Alrostom *1, Ensaf H. Akel 2, and Nabil H. Abo Kaf 1 1 Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Latakia, Latakia, Syria. 2General Commisson for Agricultural Scientific Research, Latakia Research Center, Syria. 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