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Aphelinus asychis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Suborder
  
Apocrita

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Hymenoptera

Superfamily
  
Chalcidoidea

Aphelinus asychis soilcropandmoreinfocropsWheatInsectsAphelinus

Similar
  
Aphelinus, Aphelinidae, Aphidius matricariae, Diaeretiella rapae, Russian wheat aphid

Aphelinus asychis is a parasitoid wasp native to Eurasia that was introduced to North America to control the Russian wheat aphid.

Recent work shows that the species as currently described does not form a monophyletic group and its taxonomy and phylogenetic relationship should be re-examined.

References

Aphelinus asychis Wikipedia