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Issue: Vol. 4457 No. 3: 9 Aug. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-08-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.3.8
Page range: 465–473
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the genera Centistoides van Achterberg and Pygostolus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Brazil, with the description of new species

Post-Graduate Program in Ecology and Natural Resources, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luis, km 235, 13565-905, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luis, km 235, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Taxonomy parasitoid wasps Neotropical Euphorinae Hymenoptera

Abstract

The genera Centistoides and Pygostolus are recorded for the first time in Brazil. Centistoides manoeli sp. nov., Pygostolus carolinae sp. nov. and Pygostolus odeterochae sp. nov. are described and illustrated.

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