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Chinese species of the genus Prochiloneurus Silvestri with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

  • Zhu-Hong Wang ,
  • Jian Huang ,
  • Zhi-Hong Xu
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Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Zhejiang A & F University

Online published: 2014-07-24

Abstract

Four species of the genus Prochiloneurus Silvestri, belonging to the family Encyrtidae of Hymenoptera, are reported from China. Among them, P. stenopterus Wang, Huang & Xu sp. nov., which is reared as the hyperparasitoid of Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), an invasive mealybug to China, is reported as new to science. A key of the genus is provided for the recognition of the females of Chinese species. Notes on the parasitoid and hyperparasitoid of the mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis are provided.

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Zhu-Hong Wang , Jian Huang , Zhi-Hong Xu . Chinese species of the genus Prochiloneurus Silvestri with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2014 , 39(3) : 424 -432 . DOI: 10.11865/zs20140309

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