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Issue: Vol. 5325 No. 2: 8 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.2.7
Page range: 261-273
Abstract views: 253
PDF downloaded: 14

The description of five new species of the genus Pantolyta (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) from Africa

Zoological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; 1 Universitetskaya Emb.; St Petersburg 199034; Russia
Paleontological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; 123 Profsoyuznaya St.; Moscow 117647; Russia
Hymenoptera Pantolyta Pantolytini new species South africa Gabon Belytinae diapriidae

Abstract

The genus Pantolyta is recorded for the first time from Africa. Five new species: Pantolyta gabonica sp.n., P. mostovskii sp.n., P. natalensis sp.n., P. noorti sp.n., and P. platycephala sp.n. are described from South Africa and Gabon. All species are keyed and illustrated.

 

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