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Issue: Vol. 2921 No. 1: 16 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2921.1.1
Page range: 1–12
Abstract views: 23
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The genus Acropimpla Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) in Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Department of Entomology, the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
Hymenoptera Ephialtini taxonomy new record

Abstract

Six species of Acropimpla Townes, 1960 are recorded from Vietnam, of which three species are described as new: A. lampei sp. nov. from Ea So, Dak Lak Province, Central Highlands of Vietnam, A. mucronis sp. nov. from Cat Tien, Dong Nai Province, South Vietnam, and A. phongdienensis sp. nov. from Phong Dien, Thua Thuen-Hue Province, Central Vietnam. Two species, A. hapaliae (Rao, 1953) and A. taishunensis Liu, He & Chen, 2010 are recorded from Vietnam for the first time.

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