Aphelinus

Aphelinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Superfamily:	Chalcidoidea
Family:	Aphelinidae
Genus:	Aphelinus Dalman, 1820

Aphelinus is a genus of parasitoid wasps. Several of the species are important because they parasitize agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid (aphelinus certus) or the Russian wheat aphid -Diuraphis noxia - (A. albipodus Hayat & Fatima, A. asychis Walker, and A. varipes (Foerster).^[1]

About 50 species have been described.^[2]

Partial species list

Aphelinus abdominalis Dalman
Aphelinus albipodus Hayat & Fatima
Aphelinus asychis Walker
Aphelinus certus
Aphelinus chaonia Walker
Aphelinus flaviventris Kurdjumov
Aphelinus humilis Mercet
Aphelinus lapisligni Howard
Aphelinus mali (Haldeman)
Aphelinus semiflavus Howard
Aphelinus thomsoni Graham
Aphelinus varipes (Foerster)

References

^ Elliott, N. C., J. D. Burd, J. S. Armstrong, C. B. Walker, D. K. Reed, and F. B. Peairs. (1995.). "Release and recovery of imported parasitoids of the Russian wheat aphid in eastern Colorado.". Southwest. Entomol. 20: 125–129..
^ Li, G. and Langor, D.W. ((1998)). "A new species of Aphelinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Northeastern China". Canadian Entomologist 130 (6): 799–801. doi:10.4039/Ent130799-6.