Aphelinus certus

Aphelinus certus is a parasitoid wasp native to Asia.[1] It parasitizes the soybean aphid and other aphids.[2]

Aphelinus certus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Aphelinidae
Genus: Aphelinus
Species:
A. certus
Binomial name
Aphelinus certus
Yasnosh, 1963

North American introduction

A. certus has been found in North America since 2005, and was likely introduced along with or soon after the soybean aphid.[3]

A. certus is likely to parasitize both native and introduced aphids in North America as it has a relatively wide host-range.[2]

References

  1. Heraty JM, Woolley JB, Hopper KR, Hawks DL, Kim JW, Buffington M (2007). "Molecular phylogenetics and reproductive incompatibility in a complex of cryptic species of aphid parasitoids". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45 (2): 480–493. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.06.021. PMID 17702609.
  2. Hopper, Keith R.; Diers, Brian W. (2014-09-01). "Parasitism of soybean aphid by Aphelinus species on soybean susceptible versus resistant to the aphid". Biological Control. 76: 101–106. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2014.05.006.
  3. George E. Heimpel; Lee E. Frelich; Douglas A. Landis; Keith R. Hopper; Kim A. Hoelmer; Zeynep Sezen; Mark K. Asplen; Kongming Wu (2010). "European buckthorn and Asian soybean aphid as components of an extensive invasional meltdown in North America" (PDF). Biological Invasions. 12 (9): 2913–2931. doi:10.1007/s10530-010-9736-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20.


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