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SUBMITTER: Gupta A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4829949 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gupta Ankita A Shaw Mark M Cardinal Sophie S Fernandez-Triana Jose J
ZooKeys 20160412 580
The unusual species of Cotesia (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) with the first tergite narrowing at midlength are reviewed. One new species, Cotesia trabalae sp. n. is described from India and compared with Cotesia pistrinariae (Wilkinson) from Africa, the only other species sharing the same character of all the described species worldwide. The generic placement of these two species, based on molecular and morphological analyses as well as parasitoid biology is discussed. ...[more]