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A new species of Zeteticontus Silvestri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from Israel and Kenya, a Parasite of Carpophilus hemipterus (L.) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 July 2009
Abstract
Zeteticontus utilis sp. n., an encyrtid parasite of larvae of Carpophilus hemipterus (L.) and Urophorus humeralis (F.) in pineapple fields in Kenya and of C. hemipterus larvae in decaying fruit in Israel, is described. The parasite has been released in an attempt to control C. hemipterus in pineapple fields in Hawaii and is to be released against the same pest in Ohio.
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