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Robert Zuparko
Curatorial Assistant II, Entomology

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Encyrtidae of California

The Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera) comprise one of the most important groups of insects used for the biological control of economic pests. However there has never been a systematic attempt to characterize the Nearctic fauna. As a preliminary to such a study, I am compiling a checklist of the species found in California, including both native species as well as those established here in biocontrol programs.

Maxine Zylberberg
NSF Post-doctoral Fellow, Birds and Mammals

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