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Issue: Vol. 1090 No. 1: 2 Dec. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-12-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1090.1.2
Page range: 35–49
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 3

A review of the Romanian Halticoptera Spinola (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), with description of three new species

Faculty of Biology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Ia‘i, Romania, Bd. Carol I 22, RO-700505 Ia‘i, ROMANIA
Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea Pteromalidae Halticoptera Romania Halticoptera askewi sp. n. H. andriescui sp. n. H. semireticulata sp. n.

Abstract

The Romanian species of Halticoptera Spinola (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) are reviewed. The species Halticoptera askewi, H. andriescui and H. semireticulata  are described as new. Halticoptera dimidiata (Förster) and H. patellana (Dalman) are new to Romania. A key to the eleven Romanian species of Halticoptera is given.

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