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Issue: Vol. 5723 No. 4: 27 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.9
Page range: 595-600
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A new species for euphorine genus Proclithrophorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) from China

Biological Control Research Institute; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; Fujian 350002; China
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Mengla; China
Biological Control Research Institute; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; Fujian 350002; China
Hymenoptera Euphorine taxonomy Mt Gaoligong Yunnan color images

Abstract

A new species of the genus Proclithrophorus Tobias and Belokobylskij, 1981, from Mt Gaoligong National Nature Reserve, Yunnan, SW China: Proclithrophorus gaoligongensis Yao sp. n. is described and illustrated with colorful images which is the first time for the genus. Additional revisional notes on Proclithrophorus are provided as is a key to all three known species of this genus.

 

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How to Cite

Yu, H., Peng, Y. & Yao, J. (2025) A new species for euphorine genus Proclithrophorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) from China. Zootaxa, 5723 (4), 595–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5723.4.9