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Aphidius asteris
Haliday, 1834
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Macrosiphoniella [Artemisia absinthium], Macrosiphoniella [Artemisia campestris], Macrosiphoniella asteris [Aster tripolium], Macrosiphoniella jankei [Helichrysum arenarium] and Macrosiphoniella medvedevi [Helichrysum arenarium].
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms with records from Bulgaria, Canada-British Columbia, Czech Republic, Faeroe Islands, France, Germany, Iran, Poland, U.S.A.-California and the United Kingdom.
Accepted name
Aphidius asteris
Haliday, 1834
Original name
Aphidius asteris
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Aphidius
Synonyms
Aphidius absinthii
Aphidius artemisiae
Aphidius commodus
Aphidius lutescens
Aphidius melanocephalus
Type
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
, London, England (female, lectotype)
This text has been automatically generated based on data from Taxapad (Yu et. al, 2016) and may contain errors or incoplete information.
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References
Yu, D.S.K., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. 2016. Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015 (Biological and taxonomical information), Taxapad Interactive Catalogue Database on flashdrive. Nepean, Ottawa.
