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Issue: Vol. 1164 No. 1: 3 Apr. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-04-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1164.1.4
Page range: 57–61
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of a new species of Anteon Jurine from the People’s Republic of China and of the male of Anteon fidum Olmi (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)

College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China
Department of Plant Protection, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Department of Plant Protection, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, P. R. China
Hymenoptera Dryinidae Anteon new species P. R. China

Abstract

A new species, Anteon amabilis, is described from the People’s Republic of China (Zhejiang Prov., Baishanzu). Also Dryinidae were collected and studied from Xizang Zhang Autonomous Region (= Tibet) for the first time that resulted in the discovery and description of the previously unknown male of Anteon fidum Olmi. Additions to the Xu et al. (2000) key are provided so that these species can be discriminated.

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