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Two new species of Encarsia Foerster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from pakistan, associated with the cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. Lopez-Avila
Affiliation:
Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berks, SL5 7PY, UK

Abstract

The aphelinids Encarsia adrianae sp. n. and E. cibcensis sp. n. are described from material in culture ex Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) on beans at the C·A·B International Institute of Biological Control, Ascot, UK. They are descendants of material collected in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from B. tabaci on Lantana camara.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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