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Aphelinus
Aphelinus mali
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Aphelinidae
Tribe: Aphelinini
Genus: Aphelinus
Dalman, 1820
Type species
Aphelinus abdominalis
(Dalman, 1820)

Aphelinus is a genus of parasitoid wasps. Several species in the genus (including A. albipodus, A. asychis and A. varipes) parasitize agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) or the Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia). [1]

About 100 species have been described. [2]

Partial species list

References

  1. ^ Elliott, N. C.; J. D. Burd; J. S. Armstrong; C. B. Walker; D. K. Reed & F. B. Peairs (1995). "Release and recovery of imported parasitoids of the Russian wheat aphid in eastern Colorado". Southwest. Entomol. 20: 125–129.
  2. ^ Universal Chalcidoidea Database
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aphelinus
Aphelinus mali
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Aphelinidae
Tribe: Aphelinini
Genus: Aphelinus
Dalman, 1820
Type species
Aphelinus abdominalis
(Dalman, 1820)

Aphelinus is a genus of parasitoid wasps. Several species in the genus (including A. albipodus, A. asychis and A. varipes) parasitize agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) or the Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia). [1]

About 100 species have been described. [2]

Partial species list

References

  1. ^ Elliott, N. C.; J. D. Burd; J. S. Armstrong; C. B. Walker; D. K. Reed & F. B. Peairs (1995). "Release and recovery of imported parasitoids of the Russian wheat aphid in eastern Colorado". Southwest. Entomol. 20: 125–129.
  2. ^ Universal Chalcidoidea Database

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