Description of four new species of brachypterous Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India
Author
Hayat, Mohammad
Author
Veenakumari, Kamalanathan
text
Zootaxa
2015
3990
2
259
271
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.6
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1175-5326
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Genus
Ooencyrtus
Ashmead
The genus
Ooencyrtus
contains 300 species (
Noyes 2015
), all macropterous, except five species that are either brachypterous or exist in both macropterous and brachypterous forms. The new brachypterous species can be identified to its correct genus by using any of the keys given for identification of the encyrtid genera.