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A review of Japanese Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new species, new records and comments on the types described by Japanese authors

  • 1. Department of Arthropods, Institute of Entomology, Agricultural University of Georgia, 13 km David Agmashenebeli Alley, Tbilisi, Georgia; e-mail: g.japoshvili@agruni.edu.ge & Invertebrate Research Center, Agladze #26, Tbilisi, Georgia; e-mail: giorgij70@yahoo.com
  • 2. Citrus Promotion Center, Agricultural Technology Department, Yamaguchi Prefectural Agriculture & Forestry General Technology Center, Higashi-agenosho, Suo-oshima, Yamaguchi, Japan; e-mail: higashiura.yoshimitsu@pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp
  • 3. Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; e-mail: kamitani@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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Japoshvili, George, Higashiura, Yoshimitsu, Kamitani, Satoshi (2016): A review of Japanese Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new species, new records and comments on the types described by Japanese authors. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1): 345-401, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5306831

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