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A new species of Mycteromyiella (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitic on Ophicrania leveri Günther (Phasmida: Phasmatidae) in the Solomon Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

R. W. Crosskey
R. W. Crosskey
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, London
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A new species of Tachinidae, Mycteromyiella phasmatophaga sp.n., from Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands is described and figured; descriptive notes and figures are also given for the related species M. laetifica (Mesnil), to supplement the original description. Both species are recorded as parasites of the Phasmatid Ophicrania levari Günther in the Solomon Islands.

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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 57 , Issue 4 , June 1968 , pp. 525 - 532
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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