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Encyclop’Aphid: a website on aphids and their natural enemies
Hullé, Maurice; Chaubet, Bernard; Turpeau, Evelyne; Simon, Jean-Christophe
Entomologia Generalis Volume 40 Number 1 (2020), p. 97 - 101
published: Mar 31, 2020
published online: Dec 27, 2019
manuscript accepted: Sep 12, 2019
manuscript revision received: Jul 25, 2019
manuscript revision requested: Jul 2, 2019
manuscript received: Apr 29, 2019
DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2019/0867
ArtNo. ESP146004001008, Price: 29.00 €
Abstract
Because aphids represent major crop pests worldwide and are intensively studied for their agricultural impacts and unusual biological features, there is a constant need to disseminate the knowledge accumulating on these insects to a large audience. Encyclop’Aphid, an online encyclopedia, in both English and French, devoted to aphids and their natural enemies, is intended to meet this need. The website includes five main sections describing 1) aphid traits (taxonomy, morphology, biology), 2) their interactions with other organisms (antagonists, mutualists), 3) their economical impact, 4) some current research themes and 5) a species-by-species presentation of common aphid species and their natural enemies, i.e., pathogenic fungi, insect predators, parasitoids and hyperparasitoids. Encyclop’Aphid also contains several taxonomic identification keys for aphids that attack cultivated plants. It offers freely accessible iconographies and a video library. The website is intended to evolve and to be constantly enriched by new contributions from different international specialists.
Keywords
Online encyclopedia • crop pests • natural enemies • predators • parasitoids • identification keys • information resources