Description of a new species of the genus Litus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae) from India

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Tabassum Rehmat
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2223-8883
Shoeba Binte Anis
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-0214

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A new species of the genus Litus Haliday (Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae), Litus assamensis sp. nov., is described from Assam, India.  A key to the Indian species of the genus is also given.

 

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