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Myosoma nyanzaensis sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitic on the stem-borer pest Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Donald L. J. Quicke  and
Robert A. Wharton
Donald L. J. Quicke
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
Robert A. Wharton
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Texas A & University, College Station, Texas 77843–2475, USA
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Abstract

Myosoma nyanzaensis sp. n. is described and illustrated, and is distinguished from the only other known Old World species, M. chinensis (Szépligeti) comb. n. (= Bracon chinensis Szépligeti). M. nyanzaensis is the first species of the genus to be described from the Afrotropical Region, where it has been reared as a gregarious ectoparasitoid of larvae of the pyralid moth Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) infesting maize and sorghum.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 79 , Issue 1 , March 1989 , pp. 1 - 6
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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