Aphidius Nees

Aphidius Nees,1819. Type species: Aphidius avenae Haliday,1834.

	Aphidius autriquei Starý,1985
	Aphidius bertrandi Benoit,1933
	Aphidius camerunensis Mackauer,1966
	Aphidius colemani Viereck,1912
	Aphidius ervi Haliday, 1834 (Introduced)
	Aphidius hortensis Marshall,1896
	Aphidius matricariae Haliday,1834 (Introduced)
	Aphidius rhopalosiphi De Stefani-Perez, 1902 (Introduced)
	Aphidius setiger (Mackauer,1961)
	Aphidius seyrigi Granger,1949
Distribution	Worldwide.
Biology	Parasitoids of aphids. Important biocontrol agents of aphid pests on a diverse array of agricultural crops.
Reference	Lee, J. E., Slabber, S., Jansen van Vuuren, B., van Noort, S. & Chown, S. L. 2007. Colonisation of sub-Antarctic Marion Island by a non-indigenous aphid parasitoid Aphidius matricariae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Polar Biology 30: 1195-1201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-007-0277-z Muller L, Krüger K & Kfir R. 2014. First report of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from South Africa. African Entomology 22(1): 214-215. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/003.022.0126 Starý, P. 1970. Biology of aphid parasites (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) with respect to intergrated control. Series Entomologica 6. Junk, The Hague, The Netherlands. vii + 641pp.
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