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A revision of Tachinaephagus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) with descriptions of four new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

B. R. Subba Rao
B. R. Subba Rao
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, c/o British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
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Abstract

The encyrtid genus Tachinaephagus is revised, and a key to species presented. Four species are described and illustrated: T. stomoxicida sp. n., a very important parasite of Stomoxys nigra Macq. from Uganda and Mauritius; T. malayensis sp. n. from Malaysia; T. javensis sp. n. from Indonesia; and T. congoensis sp. n. from Zaïre. A lectotype is designated for T. zealandicus Ashm., the type-species of Tachinaephagus, and this genus as defined here is restricted to larval and pupal parasites of Diptera. Zeteticontus, which is superficially similar, is in fact distinct, and characters separating the two genera are tabulated.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , April 1978 , pp. 65 - 73
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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