A brief review of species of the genus Parablastothrix with description of a new species from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
V.A. Trjapitzin
Abstract. A diagnosis of the genus Parablastothrix Mercet, 1917 and a list of its species with some data on their geographical distribution and hosts, leaf-mining Lepidoptera, are provided. A new species P. ninelpetrovae from Mexico is described and compared with P. nearctica Miller, 1965 from USA.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae, Parablastothrix , new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2009, 18(2): 291–294 ▪ Published in print 25 December 2009
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2009.18.2.291 ▪ Open full article 
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