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Additions to the Encarsia parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) of the Bemisia tabaci-complex (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

G. A. Evans  and
A. Polaszek
G. A. Evans
Affiliation:
Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainvesville, Florida 32611, USA
A. Polaszek
Affiliation:
International Institute of Entomology, 56 Queen's Gate, London, 5W7 5JR, UK
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Abstract

Four new species of Encarsia, E. lanceolatasp. n., E. paracitrellasp. n., E. pseudocitrellasp. n. and E. unicitrellasp. n. are described and illustrated. All four parasitoid species were reared from the Bemisia tabaci-complex and/or other whitefly hosts in the Neotropical region. Encarsia paracitrella, E. pseudocitrella and E. unicitrella are extremely closely related, to each other and to E. citrella (Howard). A diagnosis is therefore given for the E. citrella-complex, with a key to the four currently included species. For E. citrella (Howard) a lectotype is designated, the male is described and illustrated for the first time, and the female is redescribed and illustrated. A key and a modification to an existing key are provided to facilitate the identification of the five species treated.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 87 , Issue 6 , December 1997 , pp. 563 - 571
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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