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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

  Aphidius Nees,1819
  Autriquella Starı,1988
  Binodoxys Mackauer,1960
  Diaeretiella Starı,1960
  Ephedrus Haliday,1833
  Lysiphlebus Förster,1862
  Pauesia Quilis,1931
  Praon Haliday,1833
  Trioxys Haliday,1833
  Vanhartenia Starı,1974

Biology

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

Distribution

Worldwide

References

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

Taxapad 2005.

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