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Issue: Vol. 3188 No. 1: 9 Feb. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-02-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3188.1.5
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of the genus Plumaroides Brothers, 1974 (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea, Plumariidae) from Argentina

Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica (CRILAR-CONICET), Entre Ríos y Mendoza s/n, 5301 Anillaco, La Rioja, Argentina
Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica (CRILAR-CONICET), Entre Ríos y Mendoza s/n, 5301 Anillaco, La Rioja, Argentina
Hymenoptera Plumariidae Plumaroides taxonomy Argentina

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Plumaroides Brothers, 1974 from Catamarca and La Rioja provinces of Argentina P. aquilusDiez & Fidalgo, sp. nov. and P. tapilophus Diez & Fidalgo, sp. nov. are described and illustrated. A key to separate males of five known species of Plumaroides is provided.

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