title: Howardula dominicki n. sp. infesting the tobacco flea bettle in North Carolina.
abstract: Howardula dominicki n. sp. is described from specimens collected from the tobacco flea beetle, Epitrix hirtipennis (Melsheimer), at Oxford, North Carolina , and is distinguished from other members of the genus . Parasitism by H. dominicki sterilized female flea beetles and often led to the death of larvae.
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Oxford. NC 27565, USA.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Elsey