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Issue: Vol. 4567 No. 3: 18 Mar. 2019
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-03-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.3.12
Page range: 593–597
Abstract views: 106
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A New Genus and Species of pompiline Spider Wasp from Northern South America (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae: Pompilinae: Priochilini)

Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, 1124 Academic Surge, Davis, California 95616, U. S. A.
Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, 1124 Academic Surge, Davis, California 95616, U. S. A.
Hymenoptera Priochilus Balboana Neotropical French Guiana Ecuador

Abstract

Pompiliodon gen. nov. and its type species Pompiliodon katina sp. nov. are described and illustrated. The relationships to related genera (Priochilus Banks, 1944 and Balboana Banks, 1925) are discussed.

 

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