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Description of two new brachypterous species of Anastatus (Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) from India

  • 1. Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India & Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata-700019, West Bengal, India
  • 2. Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India
  • 3. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode - 673006, Kerala, India

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Ghosh, Dipanjana, Sheela, S., Kumar, P. Girish, Rameshkumar, A. (2025): Description of two new brachypterous species of Anastatus (Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) from India. Zootaxa 5679 (1): 123-132, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.1.7, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.1.7

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