Abstract
The recent discovery of a brachypterous female of Entedonomphale carbonaria (Erdös) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) in Bulgaria is being reported. It made possible to make a positive conclusion about its conspecificity with the North American species E. kaulbarsi (Yoshimoto), which has a brachypterous female identical to the brachypterous female from Bulgaria, and also a fully winged male identical to the male of E. carbonaria from Europe (Triapitsyn 2005). Also included in this communication are taxonomic notes on another, little known species of the genus Entedonomphale Girault, E. postmarginalis (Shafee, Rizvi & Khan), comb. n. from Entedonastichus Girault. This species was originally described from India as Euderomphale postmarginalis Shafee, Rizvi & Khan (Shafee et al. 1988) and later transferred to Entedonastichus by Hayat et al. (2005).
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