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Issue: Vol. 3794 No. 4: 8 May 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-05-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.4.6
Page range: 556–564
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of Tuberepyris Lanes et Azevedo (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with amended diagnosis of the genus

Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, Goiabeiras, 29.075-910, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, Goiabeiras, 29.075-910, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
taxonomy Epyrinae Scleroderminae Afrotropical region Chrysidoidea wasp

Abstract

Three new species of the Afrotropical Tuberepyris are described and illustrated, T. nihilus Azevedo et Mugrabi, sp. nov. (Madagascar), T. codex Azevedo et Mugrabi, sp. nov. (South Africa), and T. hamus Azevedo et Mugrabi, sp. nov. (Central African Republic). The male of Tuberepyris is described for the first time. T. basibrevis Lanes et Azevedo from Tanzania is evaluated and the genus is redefined. A key to species of Tuberepyris is provided.