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Issue: Vol. 5048 No. 3: 7 Oct. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-10-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5048.3.9
Page range: 444-450
Abstract views: 365
PDF downloaded: 31

A new species of the genus Asobara Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitic on Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae) infesting tomato in India

ICAR—National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P. Bag. No: 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka—560024, India.
ICAR—National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P. Bag. No: 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka—560024, India.
Diptera Asobara new species melon fly parasitoid

Abstract

Asobara jenningsi Gupta sp. nov., a new parasitoid of the braconid genus, is described and illustrated from Karnataka, India. The new species is compared with all the possible closely allied species from the Oriental region.

 

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