Title: A new species of Ooencyrtus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasitoid on pupae of Xenasteia sp. (Diptera: Xenasteiidae) from Karnataka, India
Abstract: A new species of Ooencyrtus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), O. xenasteiae Hayat & Gupta, sp. nov., is described. This species was reared from the pupae of a Xenasteia sp. (Diptera: Xenasteiidae), a sooty mould scavenger found associated with the recent invasive rugose spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from coastal Karnataka, India.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-11-13
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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