Advances in the Study of Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)
Advances in the Study of Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

Author: David Rosen

Publisher: Intercept

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 9780946707478

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This work is based on the proceedings of a Symposium held at the 19th International Congress of Entomology, Beijing in 1992. Armoured scale insects are major pests and the species of Aphytis are by far their most important natural enemies. This book brings together recent advances in the study of the most important group of biological control agents. Besides its immediate relevance for biocontrol of armoured scale insect pests, the book also aims to provide information of broad general value on the ecology, biology and utilization of natural enemies. It is intended to be of interest to biological control practitioners, agricultural entomologists and advanced students of biological control, IPM and agricultural entomology. Contributors are from USA, Israel, The Netherlands, Peru and South Africa.

An Annotated Catalog of the Type Material of Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in the Entomology Research Museum, University of California at Riverside
An Annotated Catalog of the Type Material of Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in the Entomology Research Museum, University of California at Riverside

Author: Serguei V. Triapitsyn

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2008-11-18

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 0520098676

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An annotated catalog of type material of the genus Aphytis Howard (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in the collection of the Entomology Research Museum, University of California, Riverside, California, USA (UCRC) provides information on 75 valid species. Curation of the UCRC Aphytis slide collection involved remounting 7,390 specimens from Hoyer's medium into Canada balsam (a single specimen per each slide). This included 7,292 specimens that were remounted, labeled, and databased and 98 specimens that were remounted and labeled but not databased (the types of the South African species received on loan from the South African National Collection of Insects, Plant Protection Research Institute, Pretoria, South Africa). Among these are 309 primary type specimens (i.e., holotypes, syntypes, lectotypes, and neotypes) belonging to 51 nominal species, 2,473 secondary type specimens (i.e., paratypes, allotypes, and paralectotypes) of various nominal species, and 4,608 nontype specimens of many species of Aphytis from more than 50 different countries. Numerous nomenclatural and other mistakes (such as improper or coded labeling) in the treatment of the type specimens of the Aphytis species are corrected; several primary types are returned to the appropriate depositories, and many remounted secondary types are donated to other major taxonomic collections of Aphelinidae. Lectotypes are designated for A. africanus Quednau, A. coheni DeBach, A. cylindratus Compere, A. equatorialis Rosen and DeBach, A. fisheri DeBach, A. holoxanthus DeBach, A. immaculatus Compere, A. lepidosaphes Compere, A. lingnanensis Compere, A. melinus DeBach and A. taylori Quednau.