Aerophilus

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Aerophilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Suborder:
Apocrita
Superfamily:
Ichneumonoidea
Family:
Braconidae
Subfamily:
Agathidinae
Genus:
Aerophilus

Szepligeti, 1902
Species

Many, see text

Aerophilus is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Braconidae. As members of the subfamily Agathidinae, they are koinobiont endoparasitoids of caterpillars. [1] The host is attacked as an early instar, but not consumed and killed until the host is about to pupate. Nearly all species of Aerophilus have a narrow host range, attacking only one caterpillar species. However, the host range of the genus as a whole is quite broad, including many families of Lepidoptera. [2]

Several species have been used in biological control programs, but with minimal success. Aerophilus has a world-wide distribution. Thirty-five species have been described from the United States and Canada.

Species

References

  1. ↑ Wharton, Robert A.; Marsh, Paul M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (1997). The Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) (PDF). Washington DC: The International Society of Hymenopterists. pp. 68–83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  2. ↑ Sharkey MJ, Chapman EG. 2016. Revision of Aerophilus Szépligeti (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from eastern North America, with a key to the Nearctic species. Contributions in Science 524: 51-110.
  3. 1 2 3 Sharkey, Michael J.; Chapman, Eric (2017-03-13). "Ten new genera of Agathidini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from Southeast Asia". ZooKeys (660): 107–150. Bibcode:2017ZooK..660..107S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.660.12390 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   5549531 . PMID   28794675.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 Sharkey, Michael J.; Sharkey, Michael J.; Chapman, Eric G.; Campos, Giulia Yurie Iza de (2016-12-09). "Revision of Aerophilus Szépligeti (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from eastern North America, with a key to Nearctic species north of Mexico". Contributions in Science. 524: 51––109. doi: 10.5962/p.308968 .
  5. 1 2 Sharkey, Michael J.; Janzen, Daniel H.; Hallwachs, Winnie; Chapman, Eric G.; Smith, M. Alex; Dapkey, Tanya; Brown, Allison; Ratnasingham, Sujeevan; Naik, Suresh; Manjunath, Ramya; Perez, Kate; Milton, Megan; Hebert, Paul; Shaw, Scott R.; Kittel, Rebecca N. (2021-02-02). "Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species". ZooKeys (1013): 1–665. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1013....1S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   8390796 . PMID   34512087.
  6. 1 2 "Fauna of India Checklist". zsi.gov.in. doi:10.26515/fauna/1/2023/ . Retrieved 2025-02-15.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sharkey, Michael J.; Chapman, Eric G. (2017-12-29). "Phylogeny of the Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a Revised Tribal Classification and the Description of a New Genus". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119 (sp1): 823. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.119.SpecialIssue.823. ISSN   0013-8797.
  8. 1 2 3 Sharkey, Michael J.; Baker, Austin; McCluskey, Kathryn; Smith, Alex; Naik, Suresh; Ratnasingham, Sujeevan; Manjunath, Ramya; Perez, Kate; Sones, Jayme; D'Souza, Michelle; Jacques, Brianne St.; Hebert, Paul; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel (2021-12-07). "Addendum to a minimalist revision of Costa Rican Braconidae: 28 new species and 23 host records". ZooKeys (1075): 77–136. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1075...77S. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1075.72197 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   8671719 . PMID   35046752.
  9. 1 2 Gadallah, Neveen S.; Ghahari, Hassan; Shaw, Scott Richard, eds. (2022). Braconidae of the Middle East (Hymenoptera): taxonomy, distribution, biology, and biocontrol benefits of parasitoid wasps. London, UK: Academic Press. ISBN   978-0-323-96099-1.


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