Aphelinus
| Aphelinus | |
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| Aphelinus mali | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Aphelinidae |
| Tribe: | |
| Genus: | Aphelinus Dalman, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Aphelinus abdominalis (Dalman, 1820)
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Aphelinus is a genus of parasitoid wasps. Several of the species are important because they parasitize agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) or the Russian wheat aphid -Diuraphis noxia - (A. albipodus Hayat & Fatima, A. asychis Walker, and A. varipes (Foerster).[1]
About 100 species have been described.[2]
Partial species list[]
- Aphelinus abdominalis Dalman
- Hayat & Fatima
- Aphelinus asychis Walker
- Aphelinus certus
- Walker
- Kurdjumov
- Mercet
- Howard
- Aphelinus mali (Haldeman)
- Howard
- Aphelinus thomsoni Graham
- (Foerster)
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Universal Chalcidoidea Database
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