Aphaereta

Cosmopolitan. Documented from: Austria; Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia); Germany; Hungary; Japan; Netherlands; Poland; Russia; Spain; United Kingdom; China (Xinjiang Region); India; New Zealand; Australia; Brazil; Azores (Portugal); Canada (Quebec, Ontario); United States (Missouri).

• Scatella stagnalis - PARASITOIDShore fly host of A. debilitata
• dung-breeding flies (Diptera) - PARASITOIDHost of A. aotea
• Hylemya antiqua (onion maggot) - PARASITOIDHost of A. pallipes
• Hylemya brassicae (cabbage maggot) - PARASITOIDHost of A. pallipes
• Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) - PARASITOIDHost of A. ceratitivora
• Peckia (Euboettcheria) collusor - PARASITOIDHost of A. pallipes in Brazil
• Musca domestica (house fly) - PARASITOIDHost of A. pallipes
• blow flies (Calliphoridae) - PARASITOIDHost of Aphaereta sp.

Endoparasitoid of various Diptera, particularly in dung, carrion, and agricultural settings. Some species contribute to natural suppression of pest fly populations.

Several species investigated for biological control potential, including A. debilitata for shore fly management in greenhouses and A. aotea for dung-breeding fly control. A. pallipes has been studied as a mortality agent for onion maggot and other agricultural pests.

• parasitoid
• Diptera parasitoid
• biological control
• alysiine
• cosmopolitan

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• APHAERETA AOTEA SP. N. (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE), AN ALYSIINE PARASITE OF DUNG BREEDING FLIES
• HISTOCHEMISTRY OF THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM OF THE ENDOPARASITOID APHAERETA PALLIPES (SAY) (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE)
• Two new records from China: Aphaereta (Atopandrium) debilitata Morley and Elasmosoma berolinense Ruthe (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)
• On the oviposition behaviour, host selection, and developmental period of the hymenopterous parasite of blow flies, Aphaereta sp.
• Host Range and Eclosion Success of the Parasite Aphaereta pallipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Among Dung-Breeding Diptera in Central Missouri1
• Figures 14–25 from: Oliveira L, van Achterberg K, Teixeira T (2012) Aphaereta ceratitivora sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera, Tephritidae) from the Azores. ZooKeys 222: 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.222.3618
• Aphaereta ceratitivora sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera, Tephritidae) from the Azores
• Corrigendum to "A new parasitoid wasp, Aphaereta vondelparkensis sp. n. (Braconidae, Alysiinae), from a city park in the centre of Amsterdam"
• Notes on Anatomy, Life-history, and Behaviour ofAphaereta pallipes(Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Parasite of the Onion Maggot,Hylemya antiqua(Meig.)
• The Importance of Being Large: The Relationship between Size and Fitness in Females of the Parasitoid Aphaereta minuta (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• On the occurrence of a Palaearctic species of the genus Aphaereta Foerster (Braconidae, Alysiinae) and description of a new species of the genus Leiophron Nees (Braconidae, Euphorinae) from central India
• Testing a candidate parasitoid in the glasshouse: control efficacy of Aphaereta debilitata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) against shore fly populations
• Figures 1–13 from: Oliveira L, van Achterberg K, Teixeira T (2012) Aphaereta ceratitivora sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera, Tephritidae) from the Azores. ZooKeys 222: 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.222.3618
• Reactions of Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) to parasitism by Aphaereta pallipes (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with special reference to host diet and parasitoid toxin
• Aphaereta pallipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Dirhinus anthracia (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) associated with Peckia (Euboettcheria) collusor (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) in Brazil