Aphytis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Chalcidoidea

Familia: Aphelinidae
Subfamilia: Aphelininae
Genus: Aphytis
Species (109): A. aberrans – A. abnormis – A. acalcaratus – A. acrenulatus – A. africanus – A. alami – A. albus – A. alexandrina – A. aligarhensis – A. amazonensis – A. angeloni – A. anneckei – A. antennalis – A. aonidiae – A. apicalis – A. azai – A. bangalorensis – A. bedfordi – A. capensis – A. caucasicus – A. cercinus – A. chilensis – A. chionaspis – A. chrysomphali – A. coheni – A. columbi – A. comperei – A. confusus – A. cornuaspis – A. cylindratus – A. debachi – A. desantisi – A. diaspidis – A. elongatus – A. equatorialis – A. erythraeus – A. faurei – A. fioriniae – A. fisheri – A. funicularis – A. gordoni – A. griseus – A. hispanicus – A. holoxanthus – A. huidongensis – A. ignotus – A. immaculatus – A. japonicus – A. keatsi – A. landii – A. lepidosaphes – A. liangi – A. libanicus – A. limonus – A. lindingaspis – A. lingnanensis – A. longicaudus – A. luteus – A. maculatipes – A. maculicornis – A. manii – A. margaretae – A. mashae – A. matruhi – A. mazalae – A. melinus – A. merceti – A. mimosae – A. minutissimus – A. miquihuana – A. moldavicus – A. mytilaspidis – A. neuter – A. newtoni – A. notialis – A. opuntiae – A. paramaculicornis – A. perissoptroides – A. philippinensis – A. phoenicis – A. pilosus – A. pinnaspidis – A. proclia – A. punctaticorpus – A. quadraspidioti – A. riyadhi – A. rolaspidis – A. roseni – A. ruskini – A. salvadorensis – A. sankarani – A. secundus – A. sensorius – A. setosus – A. simmondsiae – A. simplex – A. sinaii – A. stepanovi – A. taylori – A. testaceus – A. theae – A. tucumani – A. ulianovi – A. unaspidis – A. unicus – A. vandenboschi – A. vastus – A. yanonensis – A. yasumatsui
Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on UCD
Name

Aphytis Howard, 1900

Type species: Aphytis chilensis Howard, 1900

Fixation: Monotypy
References

Howard, L.O. 1900. A new genus of Aphelininae from Chile. Canadian entomologist 32: 167–168. BHL Reference page. [see page 168.]
Compere, H. 1955. A systematic study of the genus Aphytis Howard (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) with description of new species. University of California Publications in Entomology 10(4): 271–320. [Not seen] Reference page.
Rosen, D. & DeBach, P. 1979. Species of Aphytis of the world (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae). Series entomologica (17) [Not seen] Reference page.

Aphytis is a genus of chalcid wasp in the Aphelinidae family. Members of this genus are very small averaging two to three millimetres in length and are mostly black or yellow with transparent wings. The larvae are parasitic on other insects.[1] There are about 130 species.[2]
Species

Aphytis aberrans Prinsloo & Neser, 1994
Aphytis abnormis Howard, 1881
Aphytis acalcaratus Ren Hui, 1988
Aphytis acrenulatus DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis acutaspidis Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis africanus Quednau, 1964
Aphytis alami Agarwal, 1964
Aphytis albus Li & Yang, 2004
Aphytis aligarhensis Hayat, 1998
Aphytis amazonensis Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis angeloni Alec Arsène Girault, 1932
Aphytis angustus Compere, 1955
Aphytis anneckei DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis anomalus Compere, 1955
Aphytis antennalis Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis aonidiae Mercet, 1911
Aphytis argenticorpus Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis australiensis DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis azai Abd-Rabou, 2004
Aphytis bangalorensis Rosen & DeBach, 1986
Aphytis bedfordi Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis benassyi Fabres, 1978
Aphytis breviclavatus Huang, 1994
Aphytis capensis DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis capillatus Howard, 1907
Aphytis caucasicus Chumakova, 1964
Aphytis cercinus Compere, 1955
Aphytis chilensis Howard, 1900
Aphytis chionaspis Ren Hui, 1988
Aphytis chrysomphali Mercet, 1912
Aphytis ciliatus Dodd, 1917
Aphytis cochereaui DeBach & Rosen 1976
Aphytis coheni DeBach, 1960
Aphytis columbi Alec Arsène Girault, 1932
Aphytis comperei DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis confusus DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis cornuaspis Huang, 1994
Aphytis costalimai Gomes 1942
Aphytis cylindratus Compere, 1955
Aphytis dealbatus Compere, 1955
Aphytis debachi Azim, 1963
Aphytis densiciliatus Huang, 1994
Aphytis desantisi DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis diaspidis Howard, 1881
Aphytis elongatus Huang, 1994
Aphytis equatorialis Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis erythraeus Silvestri, 1915
Aphytis fabresi DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis faurei Annecke, 1964
Aphytis fioriniae Rosen & Rose, 1989
Aphytis fisheri DeBach, 1959
Aphytis funicularis Compere, 1955
Aphytis gordoni DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis griseus Quednau, 1964
Aphytis haywardi De Santis, 1948
Aphytis hispanicus Mercet, 1912
Aphytis holoxanthus DeBach, 1960
Aphytis huidongensis Huang, 1994
Aphytis hyalinipennis Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis ignotus Compere, 1955
Aphytis immaculatus Compere, 1955
Aphytis japonicus DeBach & Azim, 1962
Aphytis keatsi Alec Arsène Girault, 1919
Aphytis landii Rosen & DeBach, 1986
Aphytis lepidosaphes Compere, 1955
Aphytis liangi Huang, 1994
Aphytis libanicus Traboulsi, 1969
Aphytis limonus Rust, 1915
Aphytis lindingaspis Huang, 1994
Aphytis lingnanensis Compere, 1955
Aphytis longicaudus Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis luteus Ratzeburg, 1852
Aphytis maculatipennis Dozier, 1933
Aphytis maculatipes Alec Arsène Girault, 1917
Aphytis maculatus Shafee, 1970
Aphytis maculicornis Masi, 1911
Aphytis mandalayensis Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis manii Hayat, 1998
Aphytis margaretae DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis mashae Myartseva, 2004
Aphytis matruhi Abd-Rabou, 2004
Aphytis mazalae DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis melanostictus Compere, 1955
Aphytis melinus DeBach, 1959
Aphytis merceti Compere, 1955
Aphytis mimosae DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis minutissimus Alec Arsène Girault, 1913
Aphytis moldavicus Yasnosh, 1966
Aphytis mytilaspidis Le Baron, 1870
Aphytis neuter Yasnosh & Myartseva, 1971
Aphytis newtoni Alec Arsène Girault, 1913
Aphytis nigripes Compere, 1936
Aphytis notialis de Santis, 1965
Aphytis noumeaensis Howard, 1907
Aphytis obscurus DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis opuntiae Mercet, 1912
Aphytis paramaculicornis DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis peculiaris Alec Arsène Girault, 1932
Aphytis perissoptroides Alec Arsène Girault, 1915
Aphytis perplexus Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis philippinensis DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis phoenicis DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis pilosus DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis pinnaspidis Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis proclia Walker, 1839
Aphytis punctaticorpus Alec Arsène Girault, 1917
Aphytis quadraspidioti Li, 1996
Aphytis riyadhi DeBach, 1979
Aphytis rolaspidis DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis roseni DeBach & Gordh, 1974
Aphytis ruskini Alec Arsène Girault, 1915
Aphytis salvadorensis Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis sankarani Rosen & DeBach, 1986
Aphytis secundus Compere, 1936
Aphytis sensorius DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis setosus DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis simmondsiae DeBach, 1984
Aphytis simplex Zehntner, 1897
Aphytis stepanovi Yasnosh, 1995
Aphytis taylori Quednau, 1964
Aphytis testaceus Chumakova, 1961
Aphytis theae Cameron, 1891
Aphytis transversus Huang, 1994
Aphytis tucumani Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis ulianovi Alec Arsène Girault, 1932
Aphytis unaspidis Rose & Rosen, 1991
Aphytis unicus Huang, 1994
Aphytis vandenboschi DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis vastus Prinsloo & Neser, 1994
Aphytis vittatus Compere, 1925
Aphytis wallumbillae Alec Arsène Girault, 1924
Aphytis yanonensis DeBach & Rosen, 1982
Aphytis yasumatsui Azim, 1963

References

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