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Issue: Vol. 34 No. 1: July 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-07-19
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2022.34.1.2
Page range: 5–11
Abstract views: 421
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First record and redescription of hyperparasitoid of cotton mealybug, Cheiloneurus nankingensis Li & Xu (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from India with some other records

Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, Uttar Pradesh, India
Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, Uttar Pradesh, India
Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Hymenoptera Encyrtidae new record new hosts India

Abstract

Cheiloneurus nankingensis Li & Xu, 2020 is recorded for the first time and redescribed from India. The following two species: Aenasius arizonensis (Girault), Blepyrus insularis (Cameron), are recorded with their new hosts from the Indian State of Kerala.

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