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Monoctonus crepidis (Haliday) (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) an Aphid Parasite New to North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. J. P. Mackauer
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute for Biological Control, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario

Extract

Examination of the aphid parasites in the Canadian National Collection, Ottawa, provided evidence that several well-known European species are much more widely distributed than has been assumed. Material of the genus Monoctonus Haliday 1833 contained 11 females and 7 males of a species which was identified as Molonoctonus crepidis (Haliday 1834). A comparison with specimens from various European localities did not reveal any differences in the external morphology or in colour. This is the first record of this species from North America.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1962

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