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TWO NEW SPECIES OF CHALCIDOID WASPS (HYMENOPTERA) PARASITIC ON THE BALSAM GALL MIDGE (DIPTERA: CECIDOMYIIDAE) IN MAINE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. W. MacGown
M. W. MacGown
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762
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Abstract

Pseudencyrtus borealis and Tetrastichus cecidivorus n. spp. are described as parasites of Paradiplosis tumifex Gagné. Both were reared from balsam fir needle galls in late summer and fall.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 8 , August 1979 , pp. 939 - 943
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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