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Re-description and biology of Parastethynium maxwelli (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Zophiuma lobulata (Hemiptera: Lophopidae), and description of a new species of Parastethynium from Indonesia

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Huber, John T., Gitau, Catherine W., Gurr, Geoff M., Dewhurst, Charles F., Fletcher, Murray J. (2011): Re-description and biology of Parastethynium maxwelli (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Zophiuma lobulata (Hemiptera: Lophopidae), and description of a new species of Parastethynium from Indonesia. Zootaxa 2733: 49-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201220

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