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A new species of Phymastichus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) parasitic on Xyleborus beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Hawaiʻi, and aspects of its biology, life history, and behavior

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