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Description of an Ichneumonid (Hym.) that preys on egg-masses of weevils harmful to tea culture in Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

G. J. Kerrich
G. J. Kerrich
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology
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An Ichneumonid, reared from egg-masses of weevils (Entypotrachelus meyeri Kolbe and E. micans Hust.) harmful to tea culture in Kenya, is placed taxonomically and is described under the name Sozites kerichoensis.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , December 1969 , pp. 469 - 472
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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