Aphidius Explained
Aphidius is a genus of insects of the family Braconidae.[1]
The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Adult Aphidius is a small wasp, usually less than NaNinches long. Aphidius wasps are endoparasitoids of aphids. The female wasp lays eggs in an aphid. When the eggs hatch, the wasp larvae feed on the inside of the aphid. As the larvae mature, the hosts die and become slightly enlarged or mummified, often becoming tan or yellow. Complete metamorphosis occurs within the host. The adult parasite chews the sugar out of the mummy leaving a hole.
The genus Aphidius includes many species that provide biological pest control of aphids on agricultural crops, greenhouses, urban landscape and home gardens.
Species
- Aphidius absinthii Marshall, 1896
- Aphidius adelocarinus Smith, 1944
- Aphidius alius Muesebeck, 1958
- Aphidius apolloni [2]
- Aphidius avenaphis Fitch
- Aphidius balcanicus Tomanović & Petrović, 2011 [3]
- Aphidius banksae Kittel [4]
- Aphidius colemani (Dalman, 1820)
- Aphidius chaetosiphonis Tomanović &Petrović, 2011 [3]
- Aphidius ervi (Haliday, 1834)
- Aphidius linosiphonis Tomanovic & Starý, 2001
- Aphidius matricariae (Haliday)[5]
- Aphidius nigripes Ashmead, 1901
- Aphidius rhopalosiphi De Stefani Perez
- Aphidius transcaspicus Telenga, 1958[2]
- Aphidius uzbekistanicus Luzhetzki
Notes and References
- Web site: Aphidius Nees von Esenbeck, 1818 . www.gbif.org . 22 February 2021 . en.
- Kavallieratos . Nickolas G. . Tomanović . Željko . Sarlis . George P. . Fasseas . Constantin . Emmanouel . Nickolas E. . A review of the genus Aphidius Nees in Greece (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) with the description of a new species . Journal of Natural History . 28 August 2006 . 40 . 17-18 . 1179–1197 . 10.1080/00222930600822555 .
- Petrović . Andjeljko . žIkić . Vladimir . Petrović-Obradović . Olivera . Bogdanović . Ana Mitrovski . Kavallieratos . Nickolas G. . Starý . Petr . Tomanović . žEljko . Two new species of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from the Balkan Peninsula . Zootaxa . 27 May 2011 . 2895 . 1 . 58 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2895.1.4.
- Kittel . Rebecca . (PDF) Eighty-nine replacement names for Braconidae and Ichneumonidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) . Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomolog J Japanese Journal of Systemic Entomology. 22 . 2 . 2016-11-30 . 2024-06-24 . 161–174.
- Zamani . Abbas Ali . Talebi . Aliasghar . Fathipour . Yaghoub . Baniameri . Valiollah . Effect of Temperature on Life History of Aphidius colemani and Aphidius matricariae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Two Parasitoids of Aphis gossypii and Myzus persicae (Homoptera: Aphididae) . Environmental Entomology . 1 April 2007 . 36 . 2 . 263–271 . 10.1603/0046-225X-36.2.263 .