''Pauesia'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the subfamily

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 ad ...

. The species in the genus use the conifer aphids (genus ''

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. ( ...

'') as their host. '' Pauesia anatolica'' is a parasitoid of the cedar aphid '' Cinara cedri,'' and '' Pauesia grossa'' is a

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 str ...

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.net
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