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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Aphid Mummy Wasps (Aphidiinae) » Aphidiini » Aphidiina » Diaeretiella

Genus Diaeretiella

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Diaeretiella
Explanation of Names
Diaeretiella Stary 1960
Numbers
1 species: Diaeretiella rapae McIntosh 1855
Size
about 3 mm
Identification
fore wing vein R1 thickest at junction with stigma, gradually thinning toward apex of vein R1(1)
Range
Cosmopolitan
Food
larvae are parasites of aphids in family Aphididae; commonly on cabbage aphid.(1)
Life Cycle
koinobiont endoparasitoids
Remarks
Valuable in integrated pest management for a number of aphid pests on agricultural plants.
Print References
Read, D. P., Feeny, P. P., and Root, R. B. 1970. Habitat selection by the aphid parasite Diaeretiella rapae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and hyperparasite Charips brassicae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). The Canadian Entomologist 102: 1567- 1578.
Internet References
Singh, Rajendra and G. Singh. 2015. Systematics, Distribution and Host Range of Diaeretiella rapae (Mcintosh) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Aphidiinae). International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences 3(1).
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Works Cited
1.Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera)
Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh, M.J. Sharkey (Eds). 1997. International Society of Hymenopterists.
Contributed by Joe on 23 May, 2017 - 10:26pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 24 February, 2019 - 5:17pm

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