Aphelinus Hongkongensis
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''Aphelinus'' is a genus of
parasitoid In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...
wasps. Several species in the genus (including ''A. albipodus'', '' A. asychis'' and ''A. varipes'') parasitize agricultural pests, such as the
soybean aphid The soybean aphid (''Aphis glycines'') is an insect Pest (organism), pest of soybean (''Glycine max'') that is exotic species, exotic to North America. The soybean aphid is native to Asia. It has been described as a common pest (organism), pest o ...
(''Aphis glycines'') or the
Russian wheat aphid The Russian wheat aphid (''Diuraphis noxia'') is an aphid that can cause significant losses in cereal crops. The species was introduced to the United States in 1986 and is considered an invasive species there. This aphid is pale green and up to 2 ...
(''Diuraphis noxia''). About 100 species have been described.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
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Partial species list

*'' Aphelinus abdominalis'' Dalman *'' Aphelinus albipodus'' Hayat & Fatima *'' Aphelinus asychis'' Walker *'' Aphelinus certus'' Yasnosh *'' Aphelinus chaonia'' Walker *'' Aphelinus flaviventris'' Kurdjumov *'' Aphelinus humilis'' Mercet *'' Aphelinus lapisligni'' Howard *'' Aphelinus mali'' (Haldeman) *'' Aphelinus semiflavus'' Howard *'' Aphelinus thomsoni'' Graham *'' Aphelinus varipes'' (Foerster)


References

Aphelinidae Hymenoptera genera {{Chalcidoidea-stub