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Issue: Vol. 2743 No. 1: 18 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2743.1.4
Page range: 49–55
Abstract views: 25
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Three new species of Lathrolestes Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Nepal

Entomology Department, St Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab., 7/9, St Petersburg, Russia, 19903
Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae Ctenopelmatinae Perilissini Lathrolestes taxonomy Nepal

Abstract

Lathrolestes is recorded from Nepal for the first time. Three new species are described and illustrated: L. roerichi sp. nov., L. lidae sp. nov., L. peisseli sp. nov. This is the first record of the tribe Perilissini from Nepal.

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