2012•Entomological ReviewRequires access

A new species of the genus Coccophagus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Aphelinidae) inhabiting ants’ nests (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Malaysia

E. S. Sugonyaev

Abstract

Coccophagus brachypterus sp. n. is described from Malaysia. The new species differs from the closely related C. silvestrii Compere in the black hind femur and blackish largest part of hind tibia. The new species is also characterized by shortened fore wings with the apices not reaching the abdominal apex.

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Key concepts: Biology, Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae, Genus, Apex (geometry), Zoology, Anatomy, Parasitoid