Aphelinus asychis: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Aphelinidae
Genus
Aphelinus
Species
Aphelinus asychis
Scientific Name
Aphelinus asychis

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Aphelinus asychis

Aphelinus asychis is a parasitoid wasp native to Eurasia that was introduced to North America to control the Russian wheat aphid. It has six different aphid hosts, including Acyrthosiphon pisum.

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.

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Aphelinus asychis
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Aphelinus asychis
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Aphelinus asychis
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