Six new species of the genus Metaphycus Mercet from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

S.N. Myartseva

Abstract. Six new species of the encyrtid genus Metaphycus are described from Mexico: M. celticola sp. n., M. farfani sp. n., M. karwinskiae sp. n., M. sergueii sp. n., M. superbus sp. n., and M. tuxpan sp. n. All new species belong to insidiosus-group. The soft scale insect Differococcus argentinus (Morrison), the host of M. celticola, is recorded from Mexico for the first time.

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2003, 12(1): 125–134 ▪ Published in print 30 December 2003

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