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A new genus and species of Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitic on Diatraea sp. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Ecuador

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Donald L. J. Quicke
Donald L. J. Quicke
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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Abstract

The braconine Palabracon diatraeaphilus gen. et sp. n. is described and illustrated from a unique female collected in Ecuador. The new species was reared as a parasitoid of an undetermined species of Diatraea.

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Original Articles
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 78 , Issue 1 , March 1988 , pp. 15 - 18
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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