List of encyrtids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from subalpine and alpine zones of Lagodekhi protected areas with new records from Georgia and Transcaucasia

Authors: GEORGE JAPOSHVILI, MERI SALAKAIA, GIORGI KIRKITADZE, MARINE BATSANKALASHVILI

Abstract: Two genera, Coelopencyrtus Timberlake, 1919 and Mayrencyrtus Hincks, 1944, are reported here for the first time from Transcaucasia. Fourteen new records of encyrtid species from Georgia are reported. Except for 4 species (Bothriothorax aralius (Walker, 1837); B. clavicornis (Dalman, 1820); B. trichops Thomson, 1876; and Cheiloneurus submuticus Thomson, 1876), all species are recorded for the first time from Transcaucasia.

Keywords: Chalcidoidea, Coelopencyrtus, Mayrencyrtus, Transcaucasia, distribution

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