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Issue: Vol. 1142 No. 1: 8 Mar. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-03-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1142.1.2
Page range: 35–41
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of Exallonyx Kieffer (Hymenoptera:  Proctotrupidae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species

Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, The People’s Republic of China
Institute of Applied Entomology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, The People’s Republic of China
Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, The People’s Republic of China
Hymenoptera Proctotrupidae Exallonyx new species China

Abstract

Two new species, Exallonyx strictus and Exallonyx pingbianensis, are described and illustrated herein from China. Both species belong to the formicarius-group of subgenus Exallonyx Kieffer. A key for the Chinese formicarius-group is given.

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