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Aphelinus certus

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

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

North American introduction

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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

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  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. ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2014BiolC..76..101H. 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. Bibcode:2010BiInv..12.2913H. doi:10.1007/s10530-010-9736-5. S2CID 6275782. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20.