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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-10-15
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A new species and new record of the genus Discoelius Latreille, 1809 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from China

Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Insect and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Insect and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Vector Insects; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Animal Biology; Institute of Insect and Molecular Biology, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China
Hymenoptera Vespidae Eumeninae

Abstract

Discoelius brevilamellatus Wang, Chen & Li, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Tibet, China, and Discoelius turneri (Meade-Waldo, 1910) is newly recorded from China.

 

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