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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]] (''[[aphelinus certus]]'') or the Russian wheat aphid -''[[Diuraphis noxia]]'' - (''A. albipodus'' Hayat & Fatima, ''A. asychis'' Walker, and ''A. varipes'' (Foerster).<ref>{{cite journal | author = Elliott, N. C., J. D. Burd, J. S. Armstrong, C. B. Walker, D. K. Reed, and F. B. Peairs. | year = 1995. | title = Release and recovery of imported parasitoids of the Russian wheat aphid in eastern Colorado. | journal = Southwest. Entomol. 20: 125-129.}}</ref> |
'''''Aphelinus''''' is a genus of [[parasitoid]] wasps. Several of the species are important because they parasitize agricultural pests, such as the [[soybean aphid]] (''[[aphelinus certus]]'') or the Russian wheat aphid -''[[Diuraphis noxia]]'' - (''A. albipodus'' Hayat & Fatima, ''A. asychis'' Walker, and ''A. varipes'' (Foerster).<ref>{{cite journal | author = Elliott, N. C., J. D. Burd, J. S. Armstrong, C. B. Walker, D. K. Reed, and F. B. Peairs. | year = 1995. | title = Release and recovery of imported parasitoids of the Russian wheat aphid in eastern Colorado. | journal = Southwest. Entomol. 20: 125-129.}}</ref> |
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About 50 species have been described.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Li, G. and Langor, D.W. | year = (1998)| title = A new species of Aphelinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Northeastern China. | journal = Canadian Entomologist, 130, 799–801</ref> |
About 50 species have been described.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Li, G. and Langor, D.W. | year = (1998)| title = A new species of Aphelinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Northeastern China. | journal = Canadian Entomologist, 130, 799–801</ref> |
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==Partial species list== |
==Partial species list== |
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| Genus: | Aphelinus 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 (aphelinus certus) or the Russian wheat aphid -Diuraphis noxia - (A. albipodus Hayat & Fatima, A. asychis Walker, and A. varipes (Foerster).[1]
About 50 species have been described.[2]
Partial species list
- Aphelinus albipodus Hayat & Fatima
- Aphelinus asychis Walker
- Aphelinus certus
- Aphelinus lapisligni Howard
- Aphelinus mali (Haldeman)
- Aphelinus thomsoni Graham
- Aphelinus varipes (Foerster)
References
- ^ Elliott, N. C., J. D. Burd, J. S. Armstrong, C. B. Walker, D. K. Reed, and F. B. Peairs. (1995.). "Release and recovery of imported parasitoids of the Russian wheat aphid in eastern Colorado". Southwest. Entomol. 20: 125-129.
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