Two new species of Centrodora (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae), a new genus for Mexico

S.N. Myartseva

Abstract. Two new species of the genus Centrodora Förster, 1878 are described from the state of Tamaulipas in Mexico: C. tropicalis sp. nov. and C. zacateis sp. nov. This is the first record of the genus Centrodora from Mexico.

Key words: Aphelinidae, Centrodora, Mexico, Tamaulipas, new species

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2011, 20(1): 74-77 ▪ Published in print 28 July 2011

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2011.20.1.74 ▪ Open full article

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