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A new species of Lydella (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Mexico with a discussion of the definition of the genus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Norman E. Woodley
Norman E. Woodley*
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Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, ARS, USDA, Washington DC, USA
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Norman E. Woodley, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, ARS, USDA ℅ National Museum of Natural History, NHB 168, Washington, DC 20560, USA.
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Abstract

Following the discovery of Lydella jaliscosp. n. (from Jalisco, Mexico), a parasite of the Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), the limits of the genus Lydella Robineau-Desvoidy have been widened to include Diatraeophaga Townsend syn. n., Metoposisyrops Townsend syn. n., and Metagonistylum Townsend syn. n. All species regarded as belonging to Lydella are listed, with L. minense (Townsend) comb. n., L. oryzae (Townsend) comb. n., L. scirpophagae (Chao & Shi) comb. n., L. sesamiae (Mesnil) comb. n., and L. striatalis (Townsend) comb. n.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 84 , Issue 1 , March 1994 , pp. 131 - 136
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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