Aphelinus

Belongs within: Aphelininae.

Aphelinus is a genus of minute wasps that are parasitic as larvae on aphids.

Characters (from Hayat 1983): Antenna six-segmented; axillae slightly to strongly projecting forwards, usually extending caudad beyond anterior pair of scutellar setae; mesopleurum divided by an oblique suture into epimeron and episternum; distance between posterior pair of scutellar setae equal to or greater than that between anterior pair; forewing with linea calva; tarsal claws equal in length; spur of middle tibia densely setose; female with hypopygium prominent, extending to apex of gaster or beyond.

<==Aphelinus Dahlman 1820 (see below for synonymy)H83
    |--A. (Aphelinus)H83
    |    |--*A. (A.) abdominalis [=Entedon abdominalis]H83
    |    |--A. (A.) asychisH83
    |    `--A. (A.) mali (Haldeman 1851)H83, GM79 [=*Eriophilus maliH83; incl. A. niger Girault 1913G25, GM79]
    |--A. (Mesidia Foerster 1856)H83
    |    |--A. (*M.) pumilus [=*Mesidia pumila]H83
    |    `--A. (M.) argiope Walker 1839H83, W39
    `--A. (Mesidiopsis Nowicki 1930)H83
         `--A. (*M.) subflavescens [=Agonioneurus subflavescens]H83

Aphelinus incertae sedis:
  A. basalisW39 [=*Agonioneurus basalisH83]
  A. brevipennis Girault 1917G17
  A. chaonia Walker 1839 [incl. Myina tibialis]W39
  A. columbi Girault 1932G32
  A. damoni Girault 1922GM79
  A. euthria Walker 1839 [incl. Myina abdominalis non Entedon abdominalis]W39
  A. flaviceps (Foerster 1841)GM79
  A. flavus [=Eulophus flavus]W39
  A. fuscipennis Howard 1885GM79
  A. gossypiiM83
  A. haeckeli Girault 1913GM79
  A. idaeus Walker 1839W39
  A. keatsi Girault 1919G19
  A. kurdjomoviMH11
  A. lycimnia Walker 1839W39
  A. moeris Walker 1839W39
  A. mytilaspidisRD77
  A. obscurus [=Coccophagus obscurus; incl. Eulophus impeditus]W39
  A. ovidii Girault 1919G19
  A. proclia Walker 1839W39
  A. ruskini Girault 1915GM79
  A. semiflavus Howard 1908GM79
  ‘*Anozus’ siphonophorae Ashmead 1888H83
  A. stellaris Girault 1933G33
  A. subauriceps Girault 1929G29
  A. taurus Girault 1932G32
  ‘Encyrtus’ ultor [=*Meroligon ultor]H83
  A. uncinctiventris Girault 1932G32
  A. wallumbillae Girault 1924G24

Aphelinus Dahlman 1820 [incl. Anozus Foerster 1856, Eriophilus Haldeman 1851, Agonioneurus Westwood 1833, Meroligon Rondani 1877, Myina Nees 1834, Misina (l. c.)]^H83

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[G17] Girault, A. A. 1917. Descriptiones stellarum novarum. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 80–101).

[G19] Girault, A. A. 1919. Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea nova Australiensis. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 153–156).

[G24] Girault, A. A. 1924. Homo perniciosus and new Hymenoptera. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 178–181).

[G25] Girault, A. A. 1925. An essay on when a fly is lovable, the ceremony of baptizing some and unlovely hate. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 187–190).

[G29] Girault, A. A. 1929. Description of a case of lunacy in Homo and of six-legged articulates. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 262–265).

[G32] Girault, A. A. 1932. New lower Hymenoptera from Australia and India. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 293–298).

[G33] Girault, A. A. 1933. Some beauties inhabitant not of commercial boudoirs but of Nature’s bosom, notably new insects. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 299–303).

[GM79] Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 1–400.

[H83] Hayat, M. 1983. The genera of Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera) of the world. Systematic Entomology 8: 63–102.

[M83] Martin, N. A. 1983. Miscellaneous observations on a pasture fauna: An annotated species list. DSIR Entomology Division Report 3: 1–98.

[MH11] Munro, J. B., J. M. Heraty, R. A. Burks, D. Hawks, J. Mottern, A. Cruaud, J.-Y. Rasplus & P. Jansta. 2011. A molecular phylogeny of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). PloS One 6 (11): e27023.

[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms’ General Textbook of Entomology 10^th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.

[W39] Walker, F. 1839. Monographia Chalciditum vol. 1. Hyppolitus Ballière: London.