Encarsia orangae Raina, Khurad, and Rathod, 1996

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publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2436124
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14970911
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scientific name	Encarsia orangae Raina, Khurad, and Rathod
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Treatment

Encarsia orangae Raina, Khurad, and Rathod View in CoL nom. nud.

Encarsia orangae Raina, Khurad, and Rathod, 1996: 18–21 View in CoL . Type information: None.

Comments

Hayat (2012) states that the species name Encarsia orangae nom. nud. was published without a description and a type depository, as well as with unrecognisable photos and illustrations ( Raina et al. 1996). While Hayat deems the species unrecognisable and ultimately places it incertae sedis, we find that it does not meet the criteria of availability set forth by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) and deem it a nomen nudum.

References

Hayat M. 2012. Additions to the Indian Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) - III: the genus Encarsia Forster. Oriental Insects. 45: 202-274. doi:10.1080/00305316.2011.630212.

Raina SK, Rathod MK, Khurad AM, Mategaonkar D, Adolkar VV, Rai MM. 1996. Survey and identification of citrus blackfly and its parasitoids in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra (India). In: Raina SK, Overholt WA, editors. Conservation of Hymenopteran Parasitoids for Management of the Citrus Blackfly in Oranges. Nagpur (India): CSBR; p. 8-21.