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Issue: Vol. 3619 No. 2: 27 Feb. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.2.3
Page range: 145–153
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 3

The Norwegian species of Copidosoma Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae)

Entomology and Biocontrol Research Centre, Agricultural University of Georgia, Tbilisi-0159, GEORGIA
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, PO Box 1172 Blindern, NO-0318 Oslo, NORWAY
Institute for Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy 80055, Portici (NA) ITALY The Natural History Museum, SW7 5BD London, UK
Hymenoptera Copidosoma longicaudata new distribution records dichotomous key

Abstract

The species of Copidosoma Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) are reviewed for Norway. Sixteen species are recognized, of which one, Copidosoma longicaudata sp. nov., is newly described, illustrated and compared with closely related species. Seven species represent new distribution records for Norway—C. aithyia (Walker), C. genale (Thomson), C. herbaceum Mercet, C. primulum (Mercet), C. radnense Erdős, C. thebe (Walker) and C. truncatellum (Dalman). An illustrated dichotomous key for the identification of both sexes of Norwegian Copidosoma is presented.

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