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Issue: Vol. 95 No. 1: 5 Nov. 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-11-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.95.1.1
Page range: 1–8
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 19

Papatuka alamunyiga Deans, a new genus and species of apterous ensign wasp (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from Kenya

Department of Entomology, 320 Morrill Hall, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A., phone: 1-217-265-8123, fax: 1-217-244-3499
Hymenoptera Evaniidae ensign wasp apterous wingless Papatuka taxonomy Africa

Abstract

An apterous ensign wasp, Papatuka alamunyiga Deans gen. nov., sp. nov., from Kenya is described and illustrated. A diagnosis differentiating P. alamunyiga from other apterous ensign wasps is provided as well as a discussion of its potential relationship to other evaniid genera.

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