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Checklist for Family Aphelinidae Thomson, 1876 (Aphelinid wasps)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
591
9292
32656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
588
9284
32647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
9130
32273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
355
7129
27028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
55
769
2406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
49
746
2390
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Parasitica
Hartig, 1837
Parasitic Apocrita, Parasitic wasps, Parasitoid wasps
29
369
545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chalcidoidea
Latreille, 1817
Chalcid Wasps, Chalcidoid wasps, Chalcidoids
17
196
330
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAphelinidae
Thomson, 1876
Aphelinid wasps
5
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
5 Genera with 22 Species
Aphytis Howard, 19077SpeciesTaxom
Coccophagus Westwood, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Encarsia Förster, 198511SpeciesTaxom
Eretmocerus Haldeman, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Pteroptrix Westwood, 19271SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
22 Species
Aphytis (Prospaphelinus) chrysomphali Mercet, 1912Red scale parasite
Aphytis benassyi Fabres, 1978
Aphytis cochereaui DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis fabresi DeBach & Rosen, 1976
Aphytis hyalinipennis Rosen & DeBach, 1979
Aphytis lepidosaphes Compere, 1955Mussel scale parasite
Aphytis noumeaensis Howard, 1907
Coccophagus cowperi Girault, 1917Parasitic wasp
Encarsia bimaculata Heraty & Pol..., 2000Parasitoid wasp
Encarsia dispersa Polaszek, 2004Parasitoid wasp
Encarsia formosa Gahan, 1924Glasshouse whitefly parasite
Encarsia guadeloupae Viggiani, 1987Parasitoid wasp
Encarsia haitiensis Dozier, 1932Parasitic wasp
Encarsia insulana Hayat, 1989
Encarsia lounsburyi Berlese & Paoli, 1916Parasitoid wasp
Encarsia meritoria Gahan, 1927
Encarsia neocala Heraty & Pol..., 2000
Encarsia praegrandis Viggiani, 1985
Encarsia protransvena Viggiani, 1985Parasitoid wasp
Eretmocerus eremicus Rose & Zolne..., 1997
Eretmocerus mundus Mercet, 1931Parasitoid wasp
Pteroptrix parvipennis Gahan, 1927

Subnodes of Aphelinidae with occurrences in Melanesia
SubfamilyAphelininae
Thomson, 1876
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCoccophaginae
Förster, 1878
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEretmocerinae
Shafee & Khan, 1978
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Aphelinidae at artfakta.se
Aphelinidae at dyntaxa.se
Aphelinidae at gbif.org
Aphelinidae at irmng.org
Aphelinidae at itis.gov