A new species of Copidosomyia Girault (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from India, with a key to global species and additional distribution records of encyrtids from India
Journal Title: Journal of Insect Biodiversity - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 7
Abstract
A new taxon, Copidosomyia abdulkalami sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) is described from the material collected from Yercaud, Tamil Nadu, India, a key to global species of Copidosomyia is provided and additional distribution records of encyrtids from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India are also presented.
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Sagadai Manickavasagam, Tirunagaru Krishnachaitanya
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