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A NEW SPECIES OF PSYLLAEPHAGUS (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE) PARASITIZING APHALARA STEIRONEMICOLA (HOMOPTERA: PSYLLIDAE) ON STEIRONEMA CILIATUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. R. Barron
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa

Abstract

Individuals of Psyllaephagus richardsi n. sp., related to P. arbuticola Gahan and Waterston, are described. Specimens were reared from nymphs of Aphalara steironemicola Richards n. sp., described previously, collected from Steironema ciliatum (L.) (Primulaceae) at Constance Bay, Ont., Canada.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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