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Issue: Vol. 838 No. 1: 27 Jan. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-01-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.838.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 27
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Two new species, and additional records, of aphelinids from Egypt (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

USDA, APHIS-PPQ, BARC-West, Bldg. 005, Rm 137, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A.
Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural, Research Center, Dokki, Giza , Egypt
Hymenoptera Aphelinidae Aleyrodidae Diaspididae biological control Egypt

Abstract

Two new species of aphelinids, Pteroptrix aegyptica and Encarsia perconfusa, are described and illustrated from Egypt from Parlatoria blanchardi and Tetraleurodes leguminicola, respectively. Several collection records are given for aphelinids reared from known hosts in Egypt.

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