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Issue: Vol. 4755 No. 2: 24 Mar. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-03-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.5
Page range: 294–300
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New remarkable species of the subgenus Stigmatodipogon Ishikawa, 1965 of the genus Dipogon Fox, 1897 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Thailand and India

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok-22, Russia.
Hymenoptera Spider wasps Pepsinae taxonomy new species new record key Oriental region

Abstract

Two new species, Dipogon (Stigmatodipogon) chiangmai Loktionov, sp. nov. and D. (S.) himalayensis Loktionov, sp. nov., are described and illustrated based on females from northern Thailand and north-eastern India. The subgenus Stigmatodipogon Ishikawa of the genus Dipogon Fox is newly recorded from India (Arunachal Pradesh). An updated key to the females is provided.

 

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