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Published: 2019-04-29
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Two new species of Allophrys Förster from Australia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Ecology and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Ecology and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Ecology and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275
taxonomy key Tersilochinae parasitoid

Abstract

Two species of the genus Allophrys Förster are described from Australia: A. fuscipes sp. nov. and A. gauldi sp. nov. These are the first descriptions of Allophrys species from Australia. A key to the Australian species of the genus is also provided.

 

Key words: taxonomy, key, Tersilochinae, parasitoid

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