Pauesia Pini
''Pauesia'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the subfamily Aphidiinae. The species in the genus use the conifer aphids (genus ''Cinara'') as their host. '' Pauesia anatolica'' is a parasitoid of the cedar aphid '' Cinara cedri,'' and '' Pauesia grossa'' is a parasitoid of the black stem aphid (''Cinara confinis ''Cinara confinis'', the black stem aphid, is a species of aphid in the genus ''Cinara'', found feeding on the twigs of various species of fir (''Abies'') and on several other species of coniferous trees. This aphid has a Holarctic distribution a ...''). References * A revision of the genus ''Pausia'' Quilis in Japan, with descriptions of three new species (Hymenoptera : Aphidiidae). Watanabe, C. and H. Takada, ''Insecta Matsumurana'', 1965, 28 (1), pages 1–17. Full article External links * BugGuide.netPictures of Aphoniinae Braconidae genera {{Ichneumonoidea-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pauesia Albuferensis
''Pauesia'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the subfamily Aphidiinae. The species in the genus use the conifer aphids (genus ''Cinara'') as their host. '' Pauesia anatolica'' is a parasitoid of the cedar aphid '' Cinara cedri,'' and '' Pauesia grossa'' is a parasitoid of the black stem aphid (''Cinara confinis ''Cinara confinis'', the black stem aphid, is a species of aphid in the genus ''Cinara'', found feeding on the twigs of various species of fir (''Abies'') and on several other species of coniferous trees. This aphid has a Holarctic distribution a ...''). References * A revision of the genus ''Pausia'' Quilis in Japan, with descriptions of three new species (Hymenoptera : Aphidiidae). Watanabe, C. and H. Takada, ''Insecta Matsumurana'', 1965, 28 (1), pages 1–17. Full article External links * BugGuide.netPictures of Aphoniinae Braconidae genera {{Ichneumonoidea-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aphidiinae
The Aphidiinae are a subfamily of tiny parasitoid wasps that use aphids as their hosts. Several species have been used in biological control programs of various aphids. Biology and distribution Aphidiines are koinobiont endoparasitoids of adult and immature aphids. While the larva of the 2–3 mm long '' Praon'' leaves the hollowed shell of the aphid from below to pupate in a volcano-like cocoon, most other Aphidiinae pupate inside the dead aphid and break out afterwards. These wasps are found worldwide, but are primarily found in the northern hemisphere. Several species have been introduced to countries outside of their natural range, both accidentally and purposefully for biocontrol. Systematics Although they have often been treated as a separate family, the Aphidiidae, the Aphidiinae are a lineage within the Braconidae. It is not yet clear to which braconid subfamilies they are most closely related. The Aphidiinae are subdivided into several tribes, the Ephedrin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cinara
''Cinara'', the conifer aphids or giant conifer aphids, is a genus of aphids in the family Aphididae. They are widespread in the Northern Hemisphere. These aphids specialize on conifers in the pine and cypress families.Jousselin, E., et al. (2013)Is ecological speciation a major trend in aphids? Insights from a molecular phylogeny of the conifer-feeding genus ''Cinara''.''Frontiers in Zoology'' 10 56. Some species are pests that attack cultivated Christmas trees. The parasitoid wasp species in the genus '' Pauesia'' are specific to the genus. '' Cinara cedri'' has been shown to host three symbionts: ''Buchnera aphidicola'', a secondary symbiont, and bacteria in the genus ''Wolbachia''. There are about 243 species in this genus. Species include: * '' Cinara abietis'' * '' Cinara acutirostris'' * '' Cinara cedri'' * '' Cinara confinis'' * '' Cinara cupressi'' * '' Cinara fornacula'' * '' Cinara laricis'' * ''Cinara piceae ''Cinara'', the conifer aphids or giant conifer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pauesia Anatolica
''Pauesia'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the subfamily Aphidiinae. The species in the genus use the conifer aphids (genus ''Cinara'') as their host. '' Pauesia anatolica'' is a parasitoid of the cedar aphid '' Cinara cedri,'' and '' Pauesia grossa'' is a parasitoid of the black stem aphid (''Cinara confinis ''Cinara confinis'', the black stem aphid, is a species of aphid in the genus ''Cinara'', found feeding on the twigs of various species of fir (''Abies'') and on several other species of coniferous trees. This aphid has a Holarctic distribution a ...''). References * A revision of the genus ''Pausia'' Quilis in Japan, with descriptions of three new species (Hymenoptera : Aphidiidae). Watanabe, C. and H. Takada, ''Insecta Matsumurana'', 1965, 28 (1), pages 1–17. Full article External links * BugGuide.netPictures of Aphoniinae Braconidae genera {{Ichneumonoidea-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cinara Cedri
''Cinara'', the conifer aphids or giant conifer aphids, is a genus of aphids in the family Aphididae. They are widespread in the Northern Hemisphere. These aphids specialize on conifers in the pine and cypress families.Jousselin, E., et al. (2013)Is ecological speciation a major trend in aphids? Insights from a molecular phylogeny of the conifer-feeding genus ''Cinara''.''Frontiers in Zoology'' 10 56. Some species are pests that attack cultivated Christmas trees. The parasitoid wasp species in the genus ''Pauesia'' are specific to the genus. '' Cinara cedri'' has been shown to host three symbionts: ''Buchnera aphidicola'', a secondary symbiont, and bacteria in the genus ''Wolbachia''. There are about 243 species in this genus. Species include: * ''Cinara abietis'' * ''Cinara acutirostris'' * '' Cinara cedri'' * ''Cinara confinis'' * ''Cinara cupressi'' * ''Cinara fornacula'' * ''Cinara laricis'' * ''Cinara piceae'' * ''Cinara piceicola'' * ''Cinara pini'' * ''Cinara pilicor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pauesia Grossa
''Pauesia grossa'' is a species of parasitoid wasp in the subfamily Aphidiinae. It is specific to a particular host, the black stem aphid (''Cinara confinis''), which feeds on the sap of coniferous trees, particularly firs (''Abies''). ''Pauesia grossa'' was first described by the Austrian entomologist Josef Fahringer in 1937. It is known from Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland and France. In 2014 it was first observed in the United Kingdom, being tentatively identified at the Bedgebury National Pinetum in Kent. With the increasing acreage of noble fir ''Abies procera'', the noble fir, also called red fir and Christmas tree, is a species of fir native to the Cascade Range and Pacific Coast Ranges of the northwestern Pacific Coast of the United States. It occurs at altitudes of . Description '' ... (''Abies procera'') being grown in Britain for use as Christmas trees, ''Cinara confinis'' is likely to become a more widespread pest, and the introduction of ''Paue ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Parasitoid
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable strategy, evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, strategies range from living inside the host (''endoparasitism''), allowing it to continue growing before emerging as an adult, to Paralysis, paralysing the host and living outside it (''ectoparasitism''). Hosts can include other parasitoids, resulting in hyperparasitism; in the case of oak galls, up to five levels of parasitism are possible. Some parasitoids Behavior-altering parasite, influence their host's behaviour in ways that favour the propagation of the parasitoid. Parasitoids are found in a variety of Taxon, taxa across the insect superorder Endopterygota, whose compl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cinara Confinis
''Cinara confinis'', the black stem aphid, is a species of aphid in the genus ''Cinara'', found feeding on the twigs of various species of fir (''Abies'') and on several other species of coniferous trees. This aphid has a Holarctic distribution and is known from Europe, Asia, North America and Argentina. Description ''Cinara confinis'' is a dark-coloured aphid growing to a maximum length of about . The head and thorax are dark brown with yellowish-grey antennae and dark brown-ringed or blackish limbs. The abdomen is greenish-black or dark brown with two longitudinal rows of shining black spots and specks of wax in transverse rows. The cornicles (upright tubes found on the last abdominal segment) are prominent and dark-coloured. Hosts ''Cinara confinis'' has been found feeding on species of fir (''Abies''), and also on cedar (''Cedrus''), spruce (''Picea'') and juniper (''Juniperus''). It has a Holarctic distribution and is found in temperate regions of Europe and Asia, in North A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |