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A new genus and species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitic on the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

John LaSalle
John LaSalle*
Affiliation:
CAB International Institute of Entomology, London, UK
*
Dr J. LaSalle, CAB International Institute of Entomology, 56, Queen's Gate, London, SW7 5JR, UK
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Abstract

Phymastichus coffea, a new genus and species of tetrastichine Eulophidae, is described. This species is parasitic on the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari), in Africa and is currently under investigation as a possible biological control agent for this borer

Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 80 , Issue 1 , March 1990 , pp. 7 - 10
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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