New species of Coccophagus Westwood, 1833 from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae)

S.N. Myartseva

Abstract. Four new species of the genus Coccophagus Westwood, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Mexico are described and illustrated: C. clypeator sp. n. and C. dentatus sp. n. are associated with citrus in Chiapas and Tamaulipas; C. falderus sp. n. and C. longisetus sp. n. were collected in Chiapas and Jalisco. Host of C. clypeator, the soft scale Akermes sp. (Hemiptera: Coccidae), is a new record for Chiapas and a new citrus pest in that Mexican state.

Key words: Hemiptera, Aphelinidae, Coccophagus, new species, Mexico

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2009, 18(1): 109-117 ▪ Published in print 3 July 2009

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2009.18.1.109 ▪ Open full article

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