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Issue: Vol. 5410 No. 4: 15 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.4.6
Page range: 557-564
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 3

Additions to the knowledge of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Norway, with descriptions of two new species

Agricultural University of Georgia; Institute of Entomology; Kakha Bendukidze Campus; Agmashenebeli Alley #240; Tbilisi-0159; Georgia
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research; Høgskoleringen 9; NO-7034 Trondheim; Norway
Hymenoptera parasitoid Sannes Mikkelsrud Dusmetia Prionomastix Aphycus Metaphycus Tetracnemus

Abstract

Two genera of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) are for the first time recorded from Norway: Dusmetia Mercet, 1921 and Prionomastix Mayr, 1876. Six new species records for the country are presented, including two newly described taxa: Aphycus staverlokki Japoshvili sp. n. and Metaphycus sannes Japoshvili sp. n. The total number of known Norwegian species of the family is currently 156.

 

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