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Issue: Vol. 3401 No. 1: 27 Jul. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-07-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3401.1.3
Page range: 43–48
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of eumenine wasps in the genus Zethus Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from the New World

Laboratório de Biologia Comparada de Hymenoptera, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx. Postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Hymenoptera Eumeninae new species New World heydeni species group Zethus

Abstract

Zethus (Zethus) caetetus sp. nov. (Brazil) and Zethus (Zethus) flaviventris sp. nov. (Costa Rica) are described and figured.Both species belong to the Z. heydeni species group. A total of 218 species of Zethus are currently recognized for the Americas.

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