Aphelinidae
Family of wasps
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They are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats, and are extremely important as biological control agents. The oldest fossils are known from the Eocene aged Baltic Amber.
They are difficult to separate from other Chalcidoidea except by subtle features of the wing venation and other difficult characters, and the family was formerly paraphyletic, so the families Azotidae, Calesidae, and Eriaporidae were recently elevated in rank to families, from former subfamilies of Aphelinidae.
Genera
- Allomymar
- Aphelinus
- Aphytis
- Bardylis
- Botryoideclava
- Centrodora
- Coccobius
- Coccophagoides
- Coccophagus
- Diaspiniphagus
- Dirphys
- Encarsia
- Eretmocerus
- Eriaphytis
- Eutrichosomella
- Hirtaphelinus
- Lounsburyia
- Marietta
- Marlattiella
- Mashimaro
- Metanthemus
- Neophytis
- Oenrobia
- Paraphytis
- Proaphelinoides
- Prophyscus
- Protaphelinus
- Pteroptrix
- Punkaphytis
- Saengella
- Samariola
- Timberlakiella
- Verekia
- Wallaceaphytis
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Monotypic taxonTaxonomic group with only one subordinate taxonSpecies descriptionFormal description of a discovered speciesParaphylyType of taxonomic groupIUCN Red ListInventory of the global conservation status of biological speciesSubtropicsGeographic and climate zoneCommon nameName generally used for a taxon, group of taxa or organism(s)