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Issue: Vol. 3881 No. 4: 6 Nov. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-11-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.4.6
Page range: 385–395
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 3

Discovery of the twisted-wing parasite family Myrmecolacidae (Insecta: Strepsiptera) from China, with description of two new species of the genus Myrmecolax Westwood, 1861

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
Myrmecolacidae Myrmecolax new species China

Abstract

The twisted-wing parasite family Myrmecolacidae is recorded from China for the first time based on the discovery of the genus Myrmecolax Saunders. Two species of Myrmecolax are described as new to science, Myrmecolax pachygnathus sp. nov. and Myrmecolax arcuatus sp. nov..