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A new species of Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitic on the sugarcane borer Eldana saccharina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in Natal, South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D.A. Barraclough
D.A. Barraclough*
Affiliation:
Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, Zimbabwe
*
Dr D. A. Barraclough, Natal Museum, P. B. 9070, Pietermaritzburg 3200, Zimbabwe.
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Abstract

Schembria eldana, a new species of goniine Tachinidae, is described (both sexes) from north-eastern Natal, South Africa, where it is parasitic on larvae of the sugarcane borer, Eldana saccharina Walker, in Cyperus papyrus umbels. The genus Schembria Rondani was previously known only from two females of S. meridionalis Rondani from Malta and Israel.

Type
Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 133 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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