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Published: 2004-04-21
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A new species of Tracheliodes Morawitz (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from Colombia and a key to the Neotropical species

Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Apartado 7495, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 42494 – CEP 04218- 970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Hymenoptera Colombia Crabronidae key to species Tracheliodes

Abstract

Tracheliodes amazonicus n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) is described from Colombian Amazon and a key to the four known Neotropical species is provided. The genus Tracheliodes is recorded for the first time from Colombia, as is the species Tracheliodes cutucu.

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