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Published: 2010-11-08
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The Pachyprotasis indica group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in China with descriptions of eight new species

Laboratory of Insect Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China Environment and Plant Protection Institute of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture, Danzhou, Hainan, 571737, China
Laboratory of Insect Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China
Hymenoptera Tenthredinidae Pachyprotasis indica group new species China

Abstract

The Pachyprotasis indica group is revised from China and a key is provided for all species associated with this group. Eight new species are described: P. rufigaster sp. nov. (Yunnan), P. fulvicornis sp. nov. (Hunan), P. jiangi sp. nov. (Hubei), P. paraspinilabria sp. nov. (Sichuan), P. rufotegulata sp. nov. (Sichuan), P. spinilabria sp. nov. (Hubei), P. youi sp. nov. (Guizhou), P. zhouhui sp. nov. (Yunnan).

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