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Aphidiinae

Aphidiine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

   
   

Biology

Solitary koinobiont endoparasitoids of Aphidae (Homoptera) nymphs and adults.

Distribution

Worldwide

References

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

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