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SIX NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS MICROTERYS OF CHINA (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE) *
Author(s) -
Zhihong XU,
Hanlin CHEN
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
insect science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1744-7917
pISSN - 1672-9609
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2000.tb00345.x
Subject(s) - encyrtidae , biology , hymenoptera , china , genus , botany , ecology , parasitoid , archaeology , geography
This paper deals with six new species of the genus Microterys , collected from Zhejiang, Fujian, Yunnan and Guangdong Provinces. They are M. metaceronemae Xu, sp. n. M. nuticaudatus Xu, sp. n. M. postmarginis Xu, sp. n. M. pseudonietneri Xu, sp. n. M. unicoloris Xu, sp. n. and M. zhaoi Xu, sp. n. The host of these parasitoids are Metaceronema japonica on Camellia oleosa Cerococcus muratae on Magnolia officinalis, Coccus hesperidum on citrus, Ceroplastes japonicus on citrus, Chloropulvinaria aurantii, Laccifer lacca Ceroplastes japonicus and Kerria lacca (Homoptera: Coccidoidea)