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Issue: Vol. 4227 No. 1: 1 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-01-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.1.7
Page range: 119–126
Abstract views: 118
PDF downloaded: 39

A remarkable new species of Polochridium Gussakovskij, 1932 (Hymenoptera: Sapygidae) from China

Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China
Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China
Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China
Hymenoptera Sapyginae new species Palaearctic Region Oriental Region

Abstract

A new species, Polochridium spinosum Yue, Li & Xu, sp. nov. (China: Hunan, Shaanxi, Henan), is described and illustrated. A key to the four Chinese species of Sapygidae is given.

 

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