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Issue: Vol. 3219 No. 1: 2 Mar. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-03-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3219.1.3
Page range: 62–66
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 1

The rare genus Leptospathius Szépligeti (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) from China, with description of a new species

State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; Museum and Institute of Zoology PAN, Wilcza 64, 00–679 Warsaw, Poland
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
Hymenoptera Braconidae Doryctinae Leptospathius new species China

Abstract

The Chinese Leptospathius Szépligeti, 1902, from the Parasitic Hymenoptera Collection of Zhejiang Universitywas studied and two species were recognized. A new species of this genus, L. hunanensis sp. nov., is described and illustrated. A key to the Oriental species of this genus is provided.

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