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Essays on the Systematics and Biology of Five Encyrtid-Wasp Genera, Ceraptrocerella Girault, 1918; Charitopsis Trjapitzin, 1969; Epanusia Girault, 1913; Schilleriella Ghesquière, 1946; and Taftia Ashmead, 1904 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae), of the World Fauna

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The article contains systematic and biological information on the following genera: Ceraptrocerella Girault, 1918; Charitopsis Trjapitzin, 1969; Epanusia Girault, 1913; Schilleriella Ghesquière, 1946; and Taftia Ashmead, 1904. Diagnosis of Ceraptrocerella, a key to its species and their synopsis, a redescription of Epanusia xerophila (Brues, 1906) based on a female from Canada, and a key to the genera of the subtribe Platencyrtina Trjapitzin, 1973 (tribe Discodini Hoffer, 1953; subfamily Encyrtinae Walker, 1837) are provided. Introduction of Taftia saissetiae Gahan, 1920 into Russia is suggested.

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I am grateful to my wife Elizaveta Jakovlevna Shuvakhina for good advice and discussions on the manuscript, and also to my colleagues Sergey Sergeevich Izhevskii and Askar Kambarovich Akhatov for all-round friendly help. I express gratitude to my son Serguei Vladimirovich Triapitsyn for sending x-copies of modern publications on encyrtids and for proof correction.

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Trjapitzin, V.A. Essays on the Systematics and Biology of Five Encyrtid-Wasp Genera, Ceraptrocerella Girault, 1918; Charitopsis Trjapitzin, 1969; Epanusia Girault, 1913; Schilleriella Ghesquière, 1946; and Taftia Ashmead, 1904 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae), of the World Fauna. Entmol. Rev. 100, 437–442 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873820030161

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