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Issue: Vol. 3914 No. 1: 23 Jan. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-01-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.1.1
Page range: 1–45
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 3

Six new Chinese species of the Pachyprotasis melanosoma group （Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) with a key to the species

Environment and Plant Protection Institute of Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture, Danzhou Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Agro-Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Haikou, Hainan, 571101, China.
Lishui Academy of Forestry, Lishui, Zhejiang, 323000, China. Laboratory of Insect Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China.
Laboratory of Insect Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410004, China.
Sawflies Symphyta taxonomy Oriental Palaearctic

Abstract

The Pachyprotasis melanosoma group is defined as a part of the former P. rapae group, and a key to this species of this group from China is provided. Six new species from China are described in this paper: P. coximaculata Zhong & Wei, sp. n.; P. coxipunctata Zhong & Wei, sp. n.; P. hengshani Zhong & Wei, sp. n.; P. maculoscutellata Zhong & Wei, sp. n.; P. pailongensis Zhong & Wei, sp. n. and P. qilianica Zhong & Wei, sp. n.