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Maintaining Biological Cultures and Measuring Gene Expression in Aphis nerii: A Non-model System for Plant-insect Interactions
Published on: August 31, 2018
To the knowledge of the aphidiine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from China
Elena M Davidian1, Sergey A Belokobylskij2
1All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection (FSBSI VIZR); Podbelskogo; 3; St Petersburg-Pushkin 196608. Russia; Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; St Petersburg 199034; Russia. GDavidian@yandex.ru.
Abstract:
A new species of the aphidiine parasitoid Binodoxys yunnanicus Davidian, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, China. This species is characterised by long filiform antenna, large wings, narrow petiole of metasoma, long ovipositor sheaths, and almost straight prongs with four long setae on their dorsal margin and one long apical bristle. Praon longistigmus Davidian, 2020, described from Sichuan Province of China, is synonymised with Astigmapraon hei Tian et Chen, 2017 (syn. nov.).

