Aphycus

Generalised antenna and wing of Aphycus, from Noyes & Hayat (1984).

Belongs within: Chalcidoidea.

Aphycus is a genus of wasps parasitic on Pseudococcidae (mealy bugs).

<==Aphycus Mayr 1876 GM79
    |--A. alberti Howard 1898 GM79
    |--A. albicornis A71
    |--A. aligherini Girault 1932 G32
    |--A. argenteus Girault 1936 G36a
    |--A. atriphragma Girault 1936 G36a
    |--A. bowensis Girault 1932 G32
    |--A. buderimi Girault 1936 G36a
    |--A. coccidiphagus Girault 1917 GM79
    |--A. ichneumon Girault 1936 G36b, G36a [=A. iohneumon (l. c.) G36b]
    |--A. keatsi Girault 1932 G32
    |--A. nassaui Girault 1932 G32
    |--A. nigrivarius Girault 1929 GM79
    |--A. parisoti Girault 1936 G36a
    |--A. semialbus Girault 1932 G32
    |--A. tricinctus Girault 1932 G32
    |--A. turneri Girault 1932 G32
    `--A. verdini Girault 1936 G36a

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A71] Askew, R. R. 1971. Parasitic Insects. Heinemann Educational Books: London.

[G32] Girault, A. A. 1932. New pests from Australia, X. Privately published (reprinted Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 286-291).

[G36a] Girault, A. A. (as ‘L. de St. Fargeau’). 1936a. Chalcididae, Capsidae species nova Australiensis Giraulti. Privately published (reprinted Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 319-321).

[G36b] Girault, A. A. 1936b. Terror-errors; and novitates of Pterygota (or earth realities not state-bound). Privately published (reprinted Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 322-325).

[GM79] Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 1-400.

Noyes, J. S., & M. Hayat. 1984. A review of the genera of Indo-Pacific Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.) 48 (3): 131-395.