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Issue: Vol. 5845 No. 3: 7 Jul. 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-07-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.10
Page range: 596-600
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An atypical new species of the genus Macrocentrus Curtis, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India

ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; H. A. Farm Post; Bellary Road; Hebbal; Bangalore 560 024; Karnataka; India
Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Darwinweg 2; 2333 CR Leiden; the Netherlands
Department of Plant Protection; College of Horticulture and Forestry; CAU (Imphal); Pasighat 791102; Arunachal Pradesh; India
Hymenoptera Macrocentrus Braconidae new species India

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How to Cite

Gupta, A., Achterberg, C.V. & Ajaykumara, K. (2026) An atypical new species of the genus Macrocentrus Curtis, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India. Zootaxa, 5845 (3), 596–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.10