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Issue: Vol. 4150 No. 5: 16 Aug. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-08-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.5.3
Page range: 566–570
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 2

New South African species of the genus Idiasta Foerster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae), with a key to the Afrotropical and Malagasy taxa 

Bleichestrasse 15, CH–4058 Basel, Switzerland
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 199034, Russia; Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, Warszawa 00–679, Poland
Hymenoptera Braconidae Alysiinae Idiasta Afrotropical region new species key

Abstract

A new species from South Africa, Idiasta iaiaorum sp. nov., is described and illustrated. A key for determination of the Afrotropical and Malagasy Idiasta species is provided.

 

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