Aphidiinae

The Aphidiinae are a subfamily of tiny parasitoid wasps that use aphids as their hosts and are commonly known as aphid mummy wasps. Several species have been used in biological control programs of various aphids.

Biology and distribution Aphidiines are koinobiont endoparasitoids of adult and immature aphids. While the larva of the 2–3 mm long Praon leaves the hollowed shell of the aphid from below to pupate in a volcano-like cocoon, most other Aphidiinae pupate inside the dead aphid and break out afterwards.

These wasps are found worldwide, but are primarily found in the northern hemisphere. Several species have been introduced to countries outside of their natural range, both accidentally and purposefully for biocontrol.

Systematics Although they have often been treated as a separate family, the Aphidiidae, the Aphidiinae are a lineage within the Braconidae. It is not yet clear to which braconid subfamilies they are most closely related.

The Aphidiinae are subdivided into several tribes, the Ephedrini, Praini, Trioxini, Aclitini, and Aphidiini, with the latter subdivided into three subtribes.Shi & Chen 2005 Most species reside in the Aphidiini. The Praini's loss of internal pupation is likely to be secondary.Belshaw & Quicke 1997

There are ~400 spp. in ~50 genera worldwide.

Genera

Ephedrini Ephedrus Indoephedrus Neoephedrus Toxares

Praini Praon Dyscritulus Harkeria Areopraon

Trioxini Trioxys Binodoxys Monoctonus Monoctonia Lipolexis Parabioxys Bioxys

AclitiniŽikić, et al. 2012 Aclitus

Aphidiini Aphidius Diaeretiella Diaeretus Diaeretellus Lysaphidus Lysiphlebia Paralipsis Pauesia Protaphidius Pseudopauesia Adialytus Lysiphlebus Xenostigmus

Aphidiinae

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