Genus Lysiphlebus

Classification · Pronunciation · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Aphidiinae; Lysiphlebus testaceipes or farbarum group? - Lysiphlebus - female

Aphidiinae; Lysiphlebus testaceipes or farbarum group? - Lysiphlebus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)

Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)

Family Braconidae (Braconid Wasps)

Subfamily Aphidiinae (Aphid Mummy Wasps)

Tribe Aphidiini

Subtribe Aphidiina

Genus Lysiphlebus

Pronunciation

ly-seh-FLEE-bus

Size

1.5-3 mm.

Identification

The wing vein pattern is diagnostic.

Range

Throughout the New World.

Food

many aphid species in the genera Aphis, Brachycaudus, Macrosiphum, and Myzus on many plants

Life Cycle

Development from egg to adult takes about 14 days at 70°F. It overwinters inside aphid mummy.

Remarks

L. testaceipes is commercially available

Print References

Smith, C. F. 1944. The Aphidiinae of North America (Braconidae: Hymenoptera). Ohio State University Contributions in Zoology and Entomology 6: 1-154.

Marsh, P. M.1979. Family Aphidiidae. Pp. 295-313. In: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., and Burks, B. D. (Eds). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Insititution Press, Washington, D.C.

Stary, C. F. 1995. The Aphidiidae of Chile (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Aphidiidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 42:113-138.Smith, C. F. 2012. The Aphidiinae of North America. Literary Licensing, LLC. 166 pp.

Internet References

U.C. Davis

Cornell U.

Science Direct

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 16 July, 2014 - 9:18am
Additional contributions by josephfortier
Last updated 26 September, 2016 - 5:07pm

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