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Genus Aphytis

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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 Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Aphelinidae
Subfamily Aphelininae
Genus Aphytis
Explanation of Names
Author: Howard
Remarks
Aphytis melinus DeBach, and Aphytis spp., of East Asian origin, introduced to combat the red scale Aonidiella aurantii and other scales that attack citrus and some ornamentals. Commercially available.
Internet References
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
U.C. Davis
U.C. Davis
Wikipedia
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 28 March, 2014 - 8:33am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 7 September, 2016 - 1:14pm

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