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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW PRIMARY PARASITOID, ZARHOPALUS ASHMEAD (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE), OF ORACELLA ACUTA (HOMOPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Jianghua Sun
Affiliation:
Department of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
Gary L. DeBarr*
Affiliation:
USDA Forest Service, 320 Green Street, Athens, Georgia, USA 30602
C. Wayne Berisford
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA 30602
Michael E. Schauff
Affiliation:
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, National Museum of Natural History, NHB 168, Washington, District of Columbia, USA 20560
*
1 Author to whom all correspondence should be addressed.

Abstract

Zarhopalus debarri Sun sp.nov. reared from the loblolly pine mealybug, Oracella acuta (Lobdell), in the southeastern United States is described.

Résumé

On trouvera ici la description de Zarhopalus debarri Sun sp. nov. (Hymenoptera : Encyrtidae) obtenu par élevage sur la cochenille farineuse Oracella acuta (Lobdell) (Homoptera : Pseudococcidae) dans le sud-est américain.

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Type
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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1998

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