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An account of the Indian species of the genusEretmocerus Haldeman is given. Three new species (E. indicus sp. n.,E. mashhoodi sp. n.,E. gunturiensis sp. n.) are described. Three species (E. haldemani Howard,E. mundus Mercet,E. corni Haldeman) are reported for the first time from India. A revised key to the known species of the genus is also given.
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Une révision des espèces indiennes du genreEretmocerus Haldeman est donnée. Trois nouvelles espèces (E. indicus, E. mashhoodi, E. gunturiensis) sont décrites, trois autres espèces (E. haldemani Howard,E. mundus Mercet,E. corni Haldeman) sont signalées pour la première fois de l’Inde. Une clé révisée des espèces connues de ce genre est proposée.
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Hayat, M. The species ofEretmocerus Haldeman, 1850 [Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae] from India. Entomophaga 17, 99–106 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02371078
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