Species Aphelinus mali (Haldeman, 1851)
- Eriophilus mali Haldeman, S.S. 1851. [Eriophilus mali]. Pennsylvania Farm Journal 1: 1-380 [131].
Type data:
Holotype Pennsylvania, USA. - Blastothrix rosae Ashmead, W.H. 1886. Studies on the North American Chalcididae, with descriptions of new species from Florida. (Paper no. 7). Transactions of the Entomological Society of America 13: 125-135 [130].
Type data:
Holotype USNM, Florida, USA. - Aphelinus varicornis Girault, A.A. 1909. A new chalcidoid of the eulophid genus Aphelinus Dalman, parasitic on Schizoneura crataegi Oestlund. Psyche (Cambridge) 16: 29-31 [29].
Type data:
Lectotype INHS ♀, llinois, USA.Subsequent designation references:
Frison, T.H. 1927. List of the insect types in the collections of the Illinois State Natural History Survey and the University of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 16(4): 137-309 [221].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mercet, R.G. 1912. Los enemigos parásitos de las plantas: Los afelininos [Parasitic enemies of plants: the Aphelinids]. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales No. 10: 306 pp. [56] (Blastothrix rosae Ashmead as synonym of Aphelinus mali (Haldeman))
- Gahan, A.B. 1924. Some new parasitic Hymenoptera with notes on several described forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 65: 1-23 [Date published 19/07/1924] [10] (Aphelinus varicornis Girault as synonym of Aphelinus mali (Haldeman))
Generic Combinations
- Aphelinus mali (Haldeman, 1851). —
Howard, L.O. in Comstock, J.H. 1881. (Report of the entomologist for 1880.) Report of the parasites of Coccidae in the collections of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Part III. Report. United States Department of Agriculture. Washington. (Entomology). 1880. 350-372, plates 23, 24 [356-357] (New combination for Eriophilus mali Haldeman)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Biological control agent of woolly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum(Hausmann)
Introduced from northeastern USA.
Distribution References
- Asante, S.K.; Danthanarayana, W. 1993. Prospects of Aphelinus mali (Hald.) as a biological control agent for the woolly apple aphid, Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausm.) in the northern tablelands of New South Wales. pp.206-208 in Corey, S.A., Dall, D.J. & Milne, W.M. (eds). Pest Control and Sustainable Agriculture. Melbourne : CSIRO xiii 514 pp. [206-208]
- Bengston, M. 1965. Control of woolly aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum Hausm.) in the Stanthorpe district, Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Science 22(4): 469-473
- Herting, B. 1972. Homoptera. pp.37-38 in Herting, B. & Simmonds, F.J. A catalogue of parasites and predators of terrestrial arthropods. U.K. : Farnham Roy. 210 pp. [37-38] (presence in Tasmania)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHALCIDOIDEA | 10-Oct-2018 | ADDED | Karin Koch |