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Issue: Vol. 3519 No. 1: 17 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3519.1.6
Page range: 85–88
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 2

The genus Taphaeus Wesmael, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Helconinae) from China with description of a new species

State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Hymenoptera Braconidae Helconinae Taphaeus new record new species China

Abstract

The genus Taphaeus Wesmael, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Helconinae) is reported for the first time from China. A new species of this genus, Taphaeus pseudohiator Yan, van Achterberg et Chen, sp. n., is described and illustrated. A key to the Palaearctic species of this genus is updated to include the new species.

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