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Published: 2023-03-06
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Description of a new species of Probrachista (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae) from Ladakh, India

Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India.
Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India.
Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India.
Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India.
Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India.
Trichogrammatidae egg parasitoid Himalayas Hymenoptera

Abstract

The present paper deals with the description of a new species Probrachista turtukensis Manhas, Anis & Khan sp. nov, from the region of Ladakh, India. A key to world species of the genus Probrachista Viggiani, is also given.

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