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Review of world Parapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with description of fourteen new Neotropical species and the first description of the final instar larvae

  • 1. Central American Institute of Biological Research and Conservation (CIBRC). P.O. Box 2398-2050 San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica. E-mail: avalerio_13@hotmail.com
  • 2. Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA. jwhitfie@life.uiuc.edu.

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Valerio, A. A., Whitfield, J. B., Janzen, D.H. (2009): Review of world Parapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with description of fourteen new Neotropical species and the first description of the final instar larvae. Zootaxa 2084 (1): 1-49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2084.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2084.1.1

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