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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 » Aphidius

Genus Aphidius

Classification · Pronunciation · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Braconid with reduced wing venation? - Aphidius Aphidius? - Aphidius Braconid with orange face - Aphidius Aphidinae? - Aphidius Aphidinae? - Aphidius Aphidinae? - Aphidius Aphidinae? - Aphidius Aphidius - female
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 Aphidius
Pronunciation
ae-FID-ee-us
Size
1.5 - 3 mm
Identification
Other aphidiine genera with the fore wing venation pattern similar to Aphidius, with the large closed cell, are Xenostigma, Monoctonus, and Pauesia. Only in Aphidius is the r vein much longer than the r-m vein, and vein R1 reaching more than half way from the stigma to the wing apex.
Range
Common throughout the New World
Food
Females lay a single egg in each aphid host.
Remarks
A few members of this genus, such as A. matricaria (from Europe) have been introduced to fight aphids and are available commercially.
Print References
Achterberg, C. van. 1997. Subfamily Aphidiinae. In:(1)
Smith, C. F. 2012. The Aphidiinae of North America. Literary Licensing, LLC. 166 pp.
Internet References
U. C. Davis
U. Wisconsin
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 v belov on 8 February, 2010 - 5:38pm
Additional contributions by josephfortier, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 30 April, 2015 - 10:40pm

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