| Aphelinus | |
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| Aphelinus mali | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Aphelinidae |
| Tribe: | Aphelinini |
| Genus: | Aphelinus Dalman, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Aphelinus abdominalis (Dalman, 1820)
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Aphelinus is a genus of parasitoid wasps. Several species in the genus (including A. albipodus, A. asychis and A. varipes) parasitize agricultural pests, such as the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) or the Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia).[1]
About 100 species have been described.[2]
