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Issue: Vol. 5715 No. 1: 28 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.22
Page range: 244-250
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new species of the spider wasps genus Morochares Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from China

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok- 22; 690022; Russia.
Hymenoptera Pompilinae Pompilini taxonomy new taxa oriental region Guangdong

Abstract

Morochares storozhenkoi Loktionov, sp. nov. and M. liuxi Loktionov, sp. nov. are described and illustrated from Guangdong, China. These are the seventh and eighth known species of the genus, and the sixth and seventh from China. An updated key to the Chinese species is given.

 

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How to Cite

Loktionov, V.M. (2025) Two new species of the spider wasps genus Morochares Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from China. Zootaxa, 5715 (1), 244–250. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.22