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On the biology and taxonomy of some European species of the genus Elachertus Spinola (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

R. R. Askew
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Manchester

Extract

A key is given for the separation of a group of allied species of Eulophidae comprising Elachertus nigritulus (Zett.), E. geniculatus (Eatz.), E. olivaceus (Thoms.), E. scobiciae Erdős, and a species here described as E. pallidus sp. n. Biological data for each species are given. E. nigritulus and E. geniculatus have previously been regarded as synonymous; the latter parasitises Laspeyresia strobilella (L.), a pest of conifers, whereas E. nigritulus, and also E. pallidus, attacks Lepidoptera associated with fruit trees.

Type
Research Paper
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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