Description of a new species of Psyllaephagus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing pit gall forming psyllid trioza fletcheri (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Triozidae) on Terminalia arjuna from India

• Autorzy: Singh S.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A new species of Psyllaephagus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), P. arjuna Singh, sp. nov., a primary parasitoid of Terminalia arjuna leaf pit gall making psyllid, Trioza fletcheri minor Crawford, is described. Females and males of the species are illustrated and it is compared with Psyllaephagus bengalensis Hayat.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Annales Zoologici
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 66
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.393-402,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Singh S.

• Forest Entomology Division, Forest Research Institute, New Forest, Dehradun — 248 006 Uttarakhand, India

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DOI

10.3161/00034541ANZ2016.66.3.005