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A new Eulophid egg-parasite associated with Tragocephala SPP. on cacao, with comparative notes on other species (Hym., Chalcidoidea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

G. J. Kerrich
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology.

Extract

A Chalcidoid egg-parasite of longhorn beetles of the genus Tragocephala, which damage shoots of cacao in West Africa, is attributed to the genus Aprostocetus Westw. (Eulophidae) and a new species, A. lamiicidus, is described for its reception. The morphological differences between this and some other African species of known economic importance are discussed and figured.

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Research Paper
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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