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Issue: Vol. 5315 No. 1: 6 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.1.4
Page range: 71-76
Abstract views: 274
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Description of a new species of Conostigmus Dahlbom, 1858 (Hymenoptera: Megaspilidae) from China

Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources; Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology and Mechanism of Major Diseases; College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China
Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources; Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology and Mechanism of Major Diseases; College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Recovery and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in Wanjiang Basin Co-founded by Anhui Province and Ministry of Education; School of Ecology and Environment; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China; Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100000; China
Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources; Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology and Mechanism of Major Diseases; College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China
Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources; Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Enzymology and Mechanism of Major Diseases; College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100000; China
Hymenoptera Ceraphronoidea morphology parasitoids taxonomy

Abstract

One new species of the genus Conostigmus Dahlbom, 1858, Conostigmus xui Cui and Wang sp. nov., from China is described. A key to the known species of Conostigmus from China is provided.

 

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