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Aphidius Nees

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Aphidiinae)

Aphidius Nees,1819. Type species: Aphidius avenae Haliday,1834.

  Aphidius autriquei Starı,1985
  Aphidius bertrandi Benoit,1933
  Aphidius camerunensis Mackauer,1966
 

Aphidius colemani Viereck,1912

  Aphidius ervi Haliday, 1834 (Introduced)
  Aphidius hortensis Marshall,1896
  Aphidius matricariae Haliday,1834 (Introduced)
  Aphidius rhopalosiphi De Stefani-Perez, 1902 (Introduced)
 

Aphidius setiger (Mackauer,1961)

  Aphidius seyrigi Granger,1949

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Parasitoids of aphids. Important biocontrol agents of aphid pests on a diverse array of agricultural crops.

Reference

Muller L, Krüger K & Kfir R. 2014. First report of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from South Africa. African Entomology 22(1): 214-215. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/003.022.0126

Starı, P. 1970. Biology of aphid parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) with respect to intergrated control. Series Entomologica 6. Junk, The Hague, The Netherlands. vii + 641pp.

Credits

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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