2006•Journal of Natural HistoryOpen access

Description ofMetaphycus stephaniaesp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Chlacidoidea, Encyrtidae), a parasitoid ofStotzia ephedrae(Newstead) (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Coccidae)

Emilio Guerrieri

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A new species belonging to the genus Metaphycus is described. M. stephaniae sp. nov. has been reared from Stotzia ephedrae (Newstead) collected in Israel on Ephedra alte C. A. Mey and on Asparagus aphyllus L. The new species is compared with its closest relatives, M. hodzhevanishvilii and M. zebratus.

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Key concepts: Hemiptera, Encyrtidae, Hymenoptera, Coccidae, Parasitoid, Biology, Botany, Asparagus