''Aphelinoidea'' is a genus of

wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder ...

s belonging to the family

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. The genus has almost

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Description

The ''Aphelinoidea'' can by identified by the short

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and the presence of many discal

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in the wings. The funicle is absent and the long clava consists of 2 or 3 segments.

Species

Species: *'' Aphelinoidea accepta'' Girault, 1938 *'' Aphelinoidea anatolica'' Novicky, 1936 *'' Aphelinoidea bischoffi'' (Novicky, 1946) *'' Aphelinoidea deserticola'' Novicky, 1936 *'' Aphelinoidea fasciativentris'' (Girault, 1915) *'' Aphelinoidea gerlingi'' Triapitsyn, 2018 *'' Aphelinoidea habros'' (De Santis, 1957) *'' Aphelinoidea howardii'' Girault, 1912 *'' Aphelinoidea huxleyi'' Girault, 1912 *'' Aphelinoidea hyacinthus'' Girault, 1938 *'' Aphelinoidea iucunda'' Girault, 1920 *'' Aphelinoidea laticlavia'' Fursov, 2007 *'' Aphelinoidea longiclavata'' Yousuf and Shafee, 1988 *'' Aphelinoidea longicorpus'' (Girault, 1913) *'' Aphelinoidea mariana'' Doutt, 1955 *'' Aphelinoidea melanosoma'' Novicky, 1940 *'' Aphelinoidea neomexicana'' (Girault, 1915) *'' Aphelinoidea nigrioculae'' Girault, 1920 *'' Aphelinoidea oblita'' De Santis, 1970 *'' Aphelinoidea oceanica'' Timberlake, 1926 *'' Aphelinoidea painei'' Girault, 1912 *'' Aphelinoidea plutella'' Girault, 1912 *'' Aphelinoidea redini'' (Girault, 1929) *'' Aphelinoidea roja'' Triapitsyn, Walker and Bayoun, 2005 *'' Aphelinoidea sariq'' Triapitsyn and Rakitov, 2013 *'' Aphelinoidea semiflava'' De Santis, 1970 *'' Aphelinoidea semifuscipennis'' Girault, 1911 *'' Aphelinoidea shawanica'' Hu and Lin, 2005 *'' Aphelinoidea stepposa'' Fursov, 2007 *'' Aphelinoidea subexserta'' Nowicki, 1940 *'' Aphelinoidea tintinnabulum'' Girault, 1915 *'' Aphelinoidea totinigra'' Girault, 1930 *'' Aphelinoidea turanica'' S. Trjapitzin, 1995 *'' Aphelinoidea waterhousei'' (Blood and Kryger, 1928) *'' Aphelinoidea weismanni'' Girault, 1912 *'' Aphelinoidea xenos'' Timberlake, 1924 *'' Aphelinoidea xiphias'' (De Santis, 1957) *'' Aphelinoidea yousufi'' Khan and Anis, 2016 *'' Aphelinoidea zarehi'' Triapitsyn Walker and Bayoun, 2005

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q13430019 Trichogrammatidae Hymenoptera genera