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Issue: Vol. 497 No. 1: 27 Apr. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-04-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa497.1.1
Page range: 1–10
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 24

Three new species of Gollumiella Hedqvist (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae)

Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, U.S.A.
Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea taxonomy morphology behavior Indo-Pacific phylo-geny

Abstract

Three new species of Gollumiella, G. buffingtoni sp. nov. from the People s Republic of China and Japan, G. ochreata sp. nov. from Malaysia (Malaya), and G. darlingi sp. nov. from Indonesia (Kalimantan) are described. The biology and phylogenetic position of Gollumiella is discussed.

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