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Published: 2004-11-08
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Epsilogaster fullertoni, a new species of Epsilogaster Whitfield and Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mendesellinae) from Florida, USA

Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, S-225 Agriculture Science Center North, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
Hymenoptera Braconidae Mendesellinae Epsilogaster Nearctic Taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of Epsilogaster recently discovered from Florida, Epsilogaster fullertoni Pitz n. sp., the third species of Epsilogaster described from the Nearctic region is described and the key to species of Epsilogaster is updated to include E. fullertoni.

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