Aphidius ervi

Aphidius ervi
Aphidius ervi adult
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Genus: Aphidius
Species:
A. ervi
Binomial name
Aphidius ervi
Haliday, 1834
Synonyms
  • Aphidius fumipennis Győrfi [eo], 1958
  • Bracon infirmus Nees von Esenbeck, 1811
  • Aphidius medicaginis Marshall, 1898
  • Aphidius mirotarsi Starý, 1963
  • Aphidius ulmi Marshall, 1896
  • Aphidius ervi nigrescens Mackauer, 1962

Aphidius ervi is a species of parasitoid wasp in the subfamily Aphidiinae of the family Braconidae. It can be found globally.

A. ervi is used as a biological control for aphids in order to prevent aphid damage to crops. It parasitizes several Macrosiphinae aphid species, including the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum), but it prefers the potato aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae) and foxglove aphid (Aulacorthum solani) as its hosts.

References

  1. ↑ "Aphidius ervi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  2. ↑ "Aphidius ervi". GBIF. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  3. 1 2 Raymond A. Cloyd (March 2024). "Aphidius colemani and Aphidius ervi: Biological Control Agents of Aphids" (PDF). Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service (K-State Research and Extension). Retrieved August 22, 2025.
  4. ↑ Colinet, Dominique; Anselme, Caroline; Deleury, Emeline; Mancini, Donato; Poulain, Julie; Azéma-Dossat, Carole; Belghazi, Maya; Tares, Sophie; Pennachhio, Francesco; Poirié, Marylène; Gatti, Jean-Luc (2014). "Identification of the main venom protein components of *Aphidius ervi*, a parasitoid wasp of the aphid model *Acyrthosiphon pisum*". BMC Genomics. 15 (1): 342. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-342. PMC 4035087. PMID 24884493.