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Issue: Vol. 5679 No. 1: 12 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.1.9
Page range: 143-147
Abstract views: 44
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Unveiling a new taxon belonging to Marshiella Shaw (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

College of Life Science and Technology; Xinjiang University; 666 Shengli Road; Tianshan District; Urumqi; Xinjiang; 830046; China.; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering; Urumqi 830046; China.
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology; Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Agricultural Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; and Institute of Insect Sciences; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China.
College of Life Science and Technology; Xinjiang University; 666 Shengli Road; Tianshan District; Urumqi; Xinjiang; 830046; China.; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering; Urumqi 830046; China.
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology; Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Agricultural Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; and Institute of Insect Sciences; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China.
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology; Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Agricultural Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; and Institute of Insect Sciences; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China.
College of Life Science and Technology; Xinjiang University; 666 Shengli Road; Tianshan District; Urumqi; Xinjiang; 830046; China.; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering; Urumqi 830046; China.
Hymenoptera Euphorinae new species Xinjiang

Abstract

A new species of the genus Marshiella Shaw, 1985 is described and illustrated from Xinjiang (NW. China): Marshiella baichengensis Amat & van Achterberg, sp. nov. In addition, a key to the ten known species and one new species in this genus is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Amat, Z., Achterberg, C.V., Zhao, G.-S., Fang, Y., Tang, P. & Li, Q. (2025) Unveiling a new taxon belonging to Marshiella Shaw (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zootaxa, 5679 (1), 143–147. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.1.9