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Species Neodusmetia sangwani

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Encyrtidae (Encyrtid Wasps)
Subfamily Tetracneminae
Genus Neodusmetia
Species sangwani (Neodusmetia sangwani)
Explanation of Names
Author: Subba Rao, 1957
Remarks
Introduced from India as a biocontrol of Rhodesgrass mealybug. Disseminated by aircraft in 1971.
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