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Issue: Vol. 4966 No. 2: 3 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.9
Page range: 226–236
Abstract views: 95
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Discovery of the spider wasp genus Telostholus Haupt, 1929 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) in Laos, with the description of three new species

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok-22, 690022, Russia.
Hymenoptera Spider wasps Pompilinae taxonomy new taxa new record key Oriental Region

Abstract

The genus Telostholus Haupt, 1929 is newly reported from Laos, with three species which are newly described and illustrated: T. kubani Loktionov, sp. nov., T. lao Loktionov, sp. nov., and T. leleji Loktionov, sp. nov. A key to the males is given.

 

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