Resumen

MYARTSEVA, Svetlana N.  y  RUIZ CANCINO, Enrique. A new species of Metaphycus Mercet (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from Mexico and key to the species of the genera parasitizing whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in the Neotropical region. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2010, vol.26, n.1, pp. 17-24. ISSN 0065-1737.

Metaphycus cerealis sp. nov., a parasitoid of the whitefly Aleurocybotus occiduus (Russell) from the State of Sinaloa, Mexico, is described. A key to species of Metaphycus parasitizing whiteflies in the Neotropic Region is given.

Palabras llave : Metaphycus; whiteflies; Latin America.