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A new cynipid inquiline of the genus Lithosaphonecrus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae Synergini) from India, with an updated key to all known species

  • 1. Plant Health Diagnostic National Reference Laboratory, National Food Chain Safety Office, Budaörsi str. 141-145, Budapest 1118, Hungary & melikageorge@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5204-6890
  • 2. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur Post, Bangalore 560064, India & ridhuranjith@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7061-9659
  • 3. Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences (BEECA), Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 645, Barcelona 08028, Catalonia & tenshi.irene@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5965-9975
  • 4. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur Post, Bangalore 560064, India & priyan@atree.org; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8137-3404
  • 5. Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences (BEECA), Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 645, Barcelona 08028, Catalonia & jpujade@ub.edu; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7798-2717

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Melika, George, Ranjith, Avunjikkattu Parambil, Lobato-Vila, Irene, Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan, Pujade-Villar, Juli (2021): A new cynipid inquiline of the genus Lithosaphonecrus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae Synergini) from India, with an updated key to all known species. Zootaxa 5060 (1): 124-136, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.1.6

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