ANIMALIA / ARTHROPODA / INSECTA / HYMENOPTERA / APHELINIDAE / APHYTIS / MELINUS

Aphytis melinus DeBach, 1959
indigenous

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Residence status

Occurrence in African countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, or alien in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature.

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Names and Sources

No known common names.

Classification

KINGDOM Animalia

PHYLUM Arthropoda

CLASS Insecta

ORDER Hymenoptera

FAMILY Aphelinidae

GENUS Aphytis

SPECIES melinus

No results found for Aphytis melinus DeBach, 1959

Uses

The species of Aphytis are the most important natural enemies of serious pests such as armored scale insects. Since this group of scale insects includes many scale pests of orchards, especially citrus, the parasites of the genus Aphytis are of great importance in regulating scale populations and reducing their numbers to a non-economic level. Aphytis species have been used as biological control in citrus orchards of California, Israel and South Africa successively with the help of these tiny but extremely valuable insects (Quednau 1964)

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1959

JOURNAL ARTICLE

New species and strains of Aphytis (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) parasitic on the California red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.), in the Orient

DeBach, P. 1959. New species and strains of Aphytis (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) parasitic on the California red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.), in the Orient Vol. 52(4) pp.354-362.

1964

JOURNAL ARTICLE

A contribution on the genus Aphytis Howard in South Africa.(Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

Quednau, FW. 1964. A contribution on the genus Aphytis Howard in South Africa.(Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) Vol. 27(1) pp.86-116.

2013

REPORT

Checklist of South African Hymenoptera, Wasp checklist

Patterson, L.. 2013. Checklist of South African Hymenoptera, Wasp checklist.

2019

WEBSITE

Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication

Noyes, JS. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. Natural History Museum.

2004

REPORT

Integrated Pest Management of Midwest Landscapes. Factsheet: Aphelinid wasps

Krischik, V. 2004. Integrated Pest Management of Midwest Landscapes. Factsheet: Aphelinid wasps. University of Minnesota pp.269.

2003

WEBSITE

Notes on families-Aphelinidae in Universal Chalcidoidea Database

Pitkin, B.. 2003. Notes on families-Aphelinidae in Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Natural History Museum.