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Issue: Vol. 4158 No. 3: 30 Aug. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-08-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.3.9
Page range: 443–450
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species of the genus Podalonia Fernald from China and a key to the Chinese species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, P.R. China
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, P.R. China
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, P.R. China
Hymenoptera Sphecidae Podalonia taxonomy new species

Abstract

Two new species are described: Podalonia arcuaticlypeata Wang & Ma, sp. nov. from Xinjiang, China and Podalonia bicellularis Wang & Ma, sp. nov. from Qinghai, China. A key to the species of Podalonia from China is provided.

 

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