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Published: 2020-01-24
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Discovery of a new species of Embolemus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Embolemidae) from New Caledonia

Department of Agriculture and Forest Science (DAFNE), Tuscia University, Via San Camillo de Lellis, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy
Tropical Entomology Research Center, Via De Gasperi 10, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Via Pericle Scriboni 28, 01017 Tuscania, Italy
Department of Agriculture and Forest Science (DAFNE), Tuscia University, Via San Camillo de Lellis, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy
Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea Embolemus villemantae key Australasia La Planéte Revisitée MNHN-PNI

Abstract

Embolemus villemantae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Embolemidae) is described from New Caledonia. The key to the males of the Australasian species of Embolemus is modified to include the new species.

 

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