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Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India

  • 1. Research Centre for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia. & Unit of Bee Research and Honey Production, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia. & Biology Department, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, King Khalid University, Dhahran Al Junoub, Saudi Arabia.
  • 2. Research Centre for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia. & Unit of Bee Research and Honey Production, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia. & Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia.
  • 3. Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, UP, India.

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Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171

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