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Issue: Vol. 1723 No. 1: 10 Mar. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-03-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1723.1.3
Page range: 47–62
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 71

Description of Eretmocerus cocois sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), a parasitoid of Aleurotrachelus atratus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on the coconut palm

CIRAD, UMR CBGP, campus international de Baillarguet, 34 398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
INRA, UMR CBGP, campus international de Baillarguet, 34 398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
CIRAD, UMR PVBeMT, 7 chemin de l'IRAT, 97410 Saint Pierre, La Reunion, France
INRA, Centre Antilles-Guyane, Domaine Duclos, 97170 Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe, France
DAF PV DAF rue mariaze B.P 103 97600 Mamoudzou, Mayotte
CIRAD, UPR bioagresseurs des cultures perennes, campus international de Baillarguet, 34 398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
Hymenoptera Eretmocerus Eretmocerus cocois Chalcidoidea Aleurotrachelus atratus Cocos nucifera parasitoid biological control Guadeloupe Comoros Islands

Abstract

Eretmocerus cocois Delvare sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) is described and illustrated. The adults emerge from fourth instar larvae of Aleurotrachelus atratus Hempel (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) which presently heavily infests the coconut plantations in Comoros Islands. It is compared with E. pallidus Dozier a diagnosis of which is given, together with new illustrations and with two other Eretmocerus also reared from Aleurotrachelus nymphs. A lectotype is selected for E. pallidus.

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