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TWO NEW SPECIES OF PLATYGASTER (HYMENOPTERA: PROCTOTRUPOIDEA, PLATYGASTRIDAE) PARASITIC ON BALSAM GALL MIDGE, DASINEURA BALSAMICOLA (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. W. MacGown
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Maine, Orono
E. A. Osgood Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Maine, Orono

Abstract

Two new species of Platygaster accounting for high rates of parasitism in balsam gall midge are described. These appear to be widely distributed within the range of balsam fir in North America.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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