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Issue: Vol. 248 No. 1: 25 Jul. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-07-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.248.1.1
Page range: 1–4
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 3

A new Cryptalyra species from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae)

U.W. Insect Museum, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071- 3354, U.S.A.
Hymenoptera Megalyridae Cryptalyra South America Colombia new species

Abstract

A new species of Megalyridae, Cryptalyra colombia Shaw, is described. This is the first record of the parasitoid wasp family Megalyridae from Colombia, and only the second known species of the genus Cryptalyra Shaw.

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