Nomenclatural spring cleaning: tidying Aphelinidae of taxa that do not spark joy, and a new species of Prococcobius Hayat (Aphelinidae: Coccophaginae)

Kresslein, Robert L.; Polaszek, Andrew; Burks, Roger A.; Mottern, Jason L.; Lahey, Zachary; Heraty, John M.

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Nomenclatural spring cleaning: tidying Aphelinidae of taxa that do not spark joy, and a new species of Prococcobius Hayat (Aphelinidae: Coccophaginae)

1. Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA; & USDA-ARS Systematic Entomology Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA;
2. Science: Research, Natural History Museum, London, UK;
3. Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA;
4. National Identification Services, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Beltsville, MD, USA;
5. US Vegetable Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC, USA

Kresslein, Robert L., Polaszek, Andrew, Burks, Roger A., Mottern, Jason L., Lahey, Zachary, Heraty, John M. (2025): Nomenclatural spring cleaning: tidying Aphelinidae of taxa that do not spark joy, and a new species of Prococcobius Hayat (Aphelinidae: Coccophaginae). Journal of Natural History 59 (9-12): 609-653, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2024.2436124

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