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Issue: Vol. 2803 No. 1: 29 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2803.1.1
Page range: 1–20
Abstract views: 27
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Revision of Emphytopsis Wei & Nie (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) with descriptions of seven new species from China and Japan

Lab of Insect Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, P. R. China
Lab of Insect Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, P. R. China Present address: Ehuangzhan Nature Reserve, Xiashuang, Hekou Town, Yangchun, Guangdong, 529631, P. R. China
Lab of Insect Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, P. R. China
Hymenoptera Allantinae Allantini Taxonina Emphytopsis new species new combination China Japan

Abstract

Emphytopsis Wei & Nie, 1998 of Allantinae, Tenthredinidae is revised. Seven species are described as new: Emphytopsis nigricornis Wei & Xu, sp. nov., E. quadrata Wei & Xu, sp. nov., E. unimaculata Wei, sp. nov., E. zhongi Wei & Niu, sp. nov., E. lii Wei, sp. nov. from China, E. shinoharai Wei & Niu, sp. nov. and E. flatoserrula Wei, sp. nov. from Japan. E. nigromaculata (Takeuchi, 1952) new combination is transferred from Taxonus Hartig. A key to the species of the genus is presented. Emphytopsis punctata Wei & Nie, 1998 and E. nigromaculata (Takeuchi) are redescribed. The previously unknown male of E. punctata is described.

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