Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Aphelinus varipes (Förster, 1841)

Avispa parasitoide, Parasitoid wasp

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hymenoptera

Suborder
Apocrita

Superfamily
Chalcidoidea

Family
Aphelinidae

Genus
Aphelinus

Species
varipes

Taxon category: Accepted

Ecology

Substrate or host preferences: Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera

Distribution

Distribution: Isabela, Santa Cruz

References

  • García-Ruilova, A. B. Donoso, D. A., Basset, Y., Carrión-Olmedo, J. C., Garcés-Carrera, S., Jarrín-V, P., Muñoz-Tobar, S. I., Padhye, S., Perez, K. H. J., Sones, J. E., Quiñónez-Sánchez, D., Sánchez, P., Smith, M. A., Janzen, D. H., Hallwachs, W., Hebert, P. D. N., & Inclán, D. J. (2026) Barcoding Megadiversity: An Arthropod Database from Sites in the Neotropical Eastern Pacific Bioregion. Sci Data 13, 1026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07465-z

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"Galapagos Species Database, Aphelinus varipes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25672. Accessed 6 November 2026.