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Issue: Vol. 5647 No. 2: 13 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5647.2.4
Page range: 145-150
Abstract views: 82
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A new species of genus Townesia Ozols (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) parasitizing Dioryctria rubella

Center for Biological Disaster Prevention and Control; National Forestry and Grassland Administration; 58 Huanghe North Street; Shenyang 110034; P.R. China
Forest Pest Control and Quarantine Station of Kuandian Manzu Autonomous County; Kuandian; Liaoning 118200; P.R. China
Center for Biological Disaster Prevention and Control; National Forestry and Grassland Administration; 58 Huanghe North Street; Shenyang 110034; P.R. China
Hymenoptera Ephialtini key taxonomy Pyralidae host host plant

Abstract

A new species of the genus Townesia Ozols, T. dioryctirae Sheng, Li & Lü, sp. nov. parasitizing larvae of the pine shoot moth, Dioryctria rubella Hampson, 1901, boring in a shoot of Pinus koraiensis Siebold et Zuccarini in Kuandian Manzu Autonomous County, Liaoning, in the Palaearctic part of China, is described and illustrated. A key to the species of Townesia known from China is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Li, T., Lü, J. & Sheng, M.-L. (2025) A new species of genus Townesia Ozols (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) parasitizing Dioryctria rubella. Zootaxa, 5647 (2), 145–150. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.2.4