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Descriptions of new Eulophid parasites (Hym., Chalcidoidea) from Africa and the Canary Islands

Z. Bouček

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Three new species and one new genus of Eulophidae are described, namely,Wichmannia pictipennissp.n., reared from small bark beetles living inEuphorbiain the Canary Islands,Myrmokata diparoidesgen.et sp.n. which parasitises ants of the genusCrematogasterin Cameroun, andColpixys gigassp.n. which destroyed more than 80% of the larvae of a Languriid beetle in the stems of elephant grass in Ghana. The generaWichmanniaRuschka andColpixysWaterston previously each included only one species.

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Three new species and one new genus of Eulophidae are described, namely,Wichmannia pictipennissp.n., reared from small bark beetles living inEuphorbiain the Canary Islands,Myrmokata diparoidesgen.et sp.n. which parasitises ants of the genusCrematogasterin Cameroun, andColpixys gigassp.n. which destroyed more than 80% of the larvae of a Languriid beetle in the stems of elephant grass in Ghana. The generaWichmanniaRuschka andColpixysWaterston previously each included only one species.

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Three new species and one new genus of Eulophidae are described, namely,Wichmannia pictipennissp.n., reared from small bark beetles living inEuphorbiain the Canary Islands,Myrmokata diparoidesgen.et sp.n. which parasitises ants of the genusCrematogasterin Cameroun, andColpixys gigassp.n. which destroyed more than 80% of the larvae of a Languriid beetle in the stems of elephant grass in Ghana. The generaWichmanniaRuschka andColpixysWaterston previously each included only one species.

Key concepts: Biology, Eulophidae, Gracillariidae, Genus, Taxonomy (biology), Botany, Hymenoptera, Zoology

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