A new species of the genus Pseudaphycus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing the mealybug Coccura suwakoensis (Kuwayama & Toyoda) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) in the Far East of Russia
A.V. Sharkov
Abstract. Pseudaphycus coccurae sp. n. is described. It is a common parasite of the Ussuri Plum Mealybug Coccura suwakoensis (Kuwayama & Toyoda) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) in the Far East of Russia (Amur Province and Primorsk Territory). Previously this species has been erroneously identified as P. malinus Gahan, a well known parasite of Comstock Mealybug Pseudococcus comstocki Kuwana.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1994, 3(2): 316–318 ▪ Published in print 1 August 1995
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