Aphidius

Aphidius is a genus of insects of the family Braconidae.[1]

Aphidius
Aphidius ervi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Aphidiinae
Tribe: Aphidiini
Genus: Aphidius
Esenbeck, 1818

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Adult Aphidius is a small wasp, usually less than 1⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) 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 adelocarinus Smith, 1944[1]
  • Aphidius alius Muesebeck, 1958[1]
  • Aphidius avenaphis Fitch
  • Aphidius balcanicus Tomanović & Petrović, 2011 [2]
  • Aphidius colemani (Dalman, 1820)
  • Aphidius chaetosiphonis Tomanović &Petrović, 2011 [2]
  • Aphidius ervi (Haliday, 1834)
  • Aphidius linosiphonis Tomanovic & Starý, 2001
  • Aphidius nigripes Ashmead, 1901
  • Aphidius rhopalosiphi De Stefani Perez
  • Aphidius uzbekistanicus Luzhetzki

References
  1. "Aphidius Nees von Esenbeck, 1818". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. Petrović, Andjeljko; žIkić, Vladimir; Petrović-Obradović, Olivera; Bogdanović, Ana Mitrovski; Kavallieratos, Nickolas G.; Starý, Petr; Tomanović, žEljko (27 May 2011). "Two new species of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from the Balkan Peninsula". Zootaxa. 2895 (1): 58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2895.1.4.
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