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A new genus and species of encyrtid (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) parasitic on the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 July 2009
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Parapyrus manihoti gen. et sp. n., an encyrtid parasite of Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero in South America, is described from the adults of both sexes. The parasite is of potential use as a controlling agent of this mealybug in West and Central Africa where it is established as a pest of cassava.
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