Abstract
Two new species of aphid parasitoids from the Balkan Peninsula are described. Aphidius chaetosiphonis sp. n. was reared from Chaetosiphon sp./ Potentilla clusiana, while Aphidius balcanicus sp. n. was reared from Acyrthosiphon malvae / Geranium spp. associations. The taxonomic position of both species has been discussed.References
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