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Issue: Vol. 5689 No. 3: 4 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5689.3.8
Page range: 570-580
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Two new species for the rare Afrotropical genera Afrocampsis van Achterberg & Quicke and Malasigalphus van Achterberg & Austin (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; St Petersburg 199034; Russia
Hymenoptera Acampsohelconinae Sigalphinae parasitoids new species Madagascar South Africa

Abstract

Two new species of the rare Afrotropical genera Afrocampsis van Achterberg & Quicke, A. austroafricanus sp. nov. (Acampsohelconinae) from South Africa, and Malasigalphus van Achterberg & Austin, M. pubiscutellum sp. nov. (Sigalphinae) from Madagascar, are described and illustrated. A key to three known species of the genus Malasigalphus is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Belokobylskij, S.A. (2025) Two new species for the rare Afrotropical genera Afrocampsis van Achterberg & Quicke and Malasigalphus van Achterberg & Austin (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zootaxa, 5689 (3), 570–580. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.3.8