The species of Astymachus Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), potentially important parasitoids of Aclerdidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with grasses (Poaceae), with descriptions of three new species |
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| Authors: | John S. Noyes Yoshimitsu Higashiura |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Scientific Associate, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum , London, UK j.noyes@nhm.ac.uk;3. Agricultural Technology Department, Yamaguchi Prefectural Agriculture &4. Forestry General Technology Center , Yamaguchi City, Japan |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Species of Astymachus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) are of potential economic importance as primary parasitoids of aclerdids (Hemiptera: Aclerdidae) on grasses (Poaceae). We review the known species and describe three as new, bringing the total to eight. The species are characterised by means of a dichotomous key, diagnoses and illustrations and their known hosts are summarised. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:324E4AF7-3032-4573-98AC-CABAE316F33E |
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| Keywords: | Encyrtidae parasitoids Aclerdidae biocontrol taxonomy |
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