Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Brachycaudus helichrysi, Chaetosiphon chaetosiphon [Rosa], Chaetosiphon tetrarhodum [Rosa tomentosa], Chaetosiphon tetrarhodum [Rosa villosa], Chaetosiphon tetrarhodum [Rosa], Longicaudus trirhodus [Thalictrum minus], Macrosiphum rosae, Macrosiphum rosae [Rosa], Myzaphis [Rosa pimpinellifolia], Myzaphis bucktoni [Rosa villosa], Myzaphis rosarum [Rosa canina], Myzaphis rosarum [Rosa dumalis], Myzaphis rosarum [Rosa spinosissima] and Pentatrichopus [Rosa].
The only recorded parasitoid is
Asaphes suspensus.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Oriental realms with records from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, India, Iran, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia-Montenegro and Yugoslavia-Serbia.
Accepted name
Ephedrus laevicollis (Thomson, 1895)
Original name
Aphidius laevicollis
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Synonyms
- Ephedrus brevicornis
- Ephedrus minor
Type
Zoologiska Institutionen, Lund, Sweden (female, lectotype)
