Abstract
Six new species of the encyrtid genus Aloencyrtus Prinsloo are described: A. alox sp. n., A. habrus sp. n., A. hardii sp. n., A. johani sp. n., A. lindae sp. n. and A. vivo sp. n.; three new synonyms are proposed: A. ingens (Annecke) syn. n. under A. coelops (Waterston), A. niloticus (Compere) syn. n. under A. obscuratus (Waterston) and A. vitripennis (Annecke) syn. n. under A. claripennis (Compere); diagnoses are provided for the 13 previously described Afrotropical species in addition to a key for the separation of females of the 19 species of the genus now known from the region; a parasitoid-host list is given.
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