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Issue: Vol. 4306 No. 2: 16 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.2.2
Page range: 208–222
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Three new species of the Encarsia inaron (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) species group from China with a key to Chinese species

School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China.
School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China.
Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea Coccophaginae Pteroptricini taxonomy

Abstract

Five species of the inaron-group of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from China are reviewed, including the description of three new species, E. dongbeiana Li & Geng, sp. nov., E. imiza Li & Geng, sp. nov., and E. polymacula Li & Geng, sp. nov. New distributional data for E. inaron (Walker) and E. azimi Hayat are provided and a key to Chinese species of E. inaron-group is given based on females.

 

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