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Issue: Vol. 4964 No. 3: 23 Apr. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-04-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.3.4
Page range: 497–522
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The genus Odontepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from China

Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9109-8853 Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea Bethylinae new species Oriental Palaearctic

Abstract

Ten new species of Odontepyris Kieffer from China are described and illustrated: O. angustus sp. nov., O. ecarinatus sp. nov., O. eminens sp. nov., O. flavipedis sp. nov., O. hirtus sp. nov., O. latifrontalis sp. nov., O. occiputalis sp. nov., O. xiaoi sp. nov., O. xui sp. nov., and O. yunnanensis sp. nov.. A key to the known Chinese species is provided.

 

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